Trading Summary (December 30, 2003)

Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange continued its holiday rally with advancing stocks outpacing declining stocks 433 to 359. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index added 11.30 points, or 0.65%, to its value and closed at 1738.18 on a volume of 51.8 million shares.

Rhonda Mining remained flat at 16.5 but traded 1.27 million shares. The Calgary-based company recently announced that De Beers Canada Exploration received approval for its overall 2004 Canadian exploration budget. Rhonda expects the proposed allocation for the Knife program to be announced shortly. A Joint Venture Management Committee is being set up and is expected to meet, prior to December 31st, to discuss an early 2004 drill program.

Eurasia Gold closed the day at 13, up a penny on 981,000 shares. The company operates two gold mines in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The current remainingeconomic mineable reserves as per the Russian resource data submitted to the Kazakhstan authorities is estimated at 140,000 ounces. Toronto listed Thistle Mining holds an aggregate of 68.2 million common shares, or 57.7% of Eurasia. The shares were acquired for investment purposes.

ECU Silver Mining finished the day at 28, up 1.5 with 964,500 shares traded. The company resumed mining operations on December 5th and milling operations on December 17th at its Santa Juana mine in Mexico. The company intends to start a drilling program to define the extension of the vein system next week. Several hearings have been heard in court regarding the ownership of the mine and decisions will be rendered early next year.