TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE (March 10, 2008)

The TSX Composite Index held steady over the Feb. 26-March 3 trading period, thanks to solid gains from commodity producers.

Down 1%, the TSX closed the period 153 points lower at 13,544, while the Capped Metals and Mining Index rose 3% to 846 points.

Spot gold surged to an all-time high of US$983.50 per oz. on March 3, up nearly 5%, or US$45 over the period.

Strong gold meant a healthy Global Gold Index, which also reached a record 377 points, up almost 7%, or 24 points.

Silver and copper rose as well; silver closed at US$20.31 per oz. while copper surged to US$3.93 per lb.

In the markets, Breakwater Resources was the most actively traded stock. With an overall volume of 58 million shares, the company added 15 to its stock price to close at $1.28 apiece. Breakwater released the first set of drill results from its Dona Rosa deposit, located beneath its Aserradero deposit, in Chile. Highlights included 11 metres grading 3.4% zinc and 9.9 grams gold per tonne, 8.7 metres of 2.3% zinc and 14.6 grams gold, and 11.3 metres grading 2.6% zinc and 8.3 grams gold, all true widths. Breakwater also reported net earnings of $23.4 million over 2007, despite a loss of $38.3 million in the fourth quarter. The company plans to dole out $105.3 million in capital spending this year.

Lundin Mining was the second most actively traded stock. The company’s shares saw a 32-boost to $8.47 with nearly 48 million shares changing hands. Before impairment charges and income tax, the company earned US$453.6 million in 2007, an increase of 121%.

Eastern Platinum was also a hot stock as platinum reached US$2,232 per oz., up US$88 from the previous week. Eastern Platinum gained 23 for a close of $3.66 on nearly 40 million shares traded.

Great Panther Resourcessurged 63% over the period to $1.64 per share. The company confirmed the extension of high-grade gold-silver mineralization at its Guanajuato mine, in Mexico, by 170 metres to 600 metres depth.

Zincore Metals was lifted 33% to 36 a share on the release of a new resource estimate for its Yanque deposit — part of the Accha-Yanque belt in southern Peru. Inferred resources stand at 10.3 million tonnes grading 5.3% zinc and 5.3% lead for 1.2 billion lbs. zinc and 1.2 billion lbs. lead, using a cutoff of 4.5% combined zinc plus lead.

Australian Solomons Goldfell nearly 18% over the period to 60 apiece on no news.

Extract Resources dropped 17% to $1.25. The company gave a recent update on its Rossing South uranium deposit, part of the Husab uranium project in Namibia, where uranium mineralization is thought to extend over 3.2 km.

Agnico-Eagle Mines was the top gainer over the period, up $5.01 per share to $70.65. Agnico-Eagle invested $3 million in Forum Uranium through a private placement and now holds 12.75% of the company.

TSX most active issues
		VOLUME		WEEK
		(000s)	HIGH	LOW	CLOSE	CHANGE
Breakwater Res	BWR	58027	1.63	1.26	1.28	-0.15
Lundin Mng	LUN	47548	9.35	7.89	8.47	+ 0.32
Eastern Platin	ELR	39771	3.69	3.35	3.66	+ 0.23
Uranium One	UUU	34410	5.47	4.83	5.03	-0.02
Yamana Gold	YRI	32278	18.99	16.54	18.99	+ 2.05
Silver Wheaton	SLW	28202	17.93	16.16	17.50	+ 1.06
TeckCominB	TCKB	22740	41.69	37.00	40.97	+ 3.60
KinrossGold	K	22646	25.90	23.41	25.90	+2.11
Goldcorp	G	22052	43.78	40.25	43.19	+ 2.24
Chariot Res	CHD	18722	1.06	0.94	1.00	+ 0.05

TSX greatest percentage change
		VOLUME		WEEK
		(000s)	HIGH	LOW	CLOSE	CHANGE
Great Panther	GPR	4583	1.72	1.01	1.64	+ 62.3
Zaruma Res	ZMR	4035	0.235	0.165	0.235	+ 38.2
Zincore Mtls	ZNC	447	0.42	0.26	0.36	+ 33.3
Liberty Mines	LBE	1373	1.69	1.32	1.67	+ 30.4
First Metals	FMA	702	1.08	0.80	1.04	+ 30.0
Independent Ni	INI	814	0.36	0.24	0.31	+ 29.1
Tiomin Res	TIO	13107	0.09	0.065	0.09	+ 28.5
Mediterrn Res	MNR	2192	0.30	0.225	0.28	+ 27.2
Gryphon Gold	GGN	674	0.62	0.47	0.59	+ 26.8
Carpathian Gld	CPN	1299	0.55	0.40	0.53	+ 26.1
New Gold wt	NGD_T	6225	0.01	0.005	0.005	-50.0
Australn Solom	SGA	343	0.70	0.59	0.60	-17.8
Extract Res	EXT	65	1.40	1.25	1.25	-16.6
Amerigo Res	ARG	1366	2.74	2.28	2.30	-16.0
Yukon Gold	YK	88	0.29	0.22	0.245	-15.5
American Bonan	BZA	1188	0.24	0.185	0.19	-13.6
Athabasca Pota	API	1225	7.15	5.80	6.07	-12.6
Horizns G Bear	HGD	3494	9.86	8.36	8.40	-12.4
Cline Mng	CMK	803	0.355	0.28	0.29	-12.1
Timminco	TIM	10298	23.05	19.30	19.75	-11.6

TSX greatest value change
WEEK
		VOLUME	CLOSE	CHANGE
Agnico-Eagle	AEM	4042979	70.65	+ 5.01
Major Drilling	MDI	654813	58.18	+ 4.30
Silver Std Res	SSO	704465	38.00	+ 4.29
Teck Comin A	TCKA	19810	47.67	+ 3.99
Horizns G Bull	HGU	2070463	34.26	+ 3.90
IShCOMEXGTr	IGT	34080	96.25	+ 3.65
Barrick Gold	ABX	14861961	52.92	+ 3.60
Teck Comin B	TCKB	22740194	40.97	+ 3.60
Pan Am Silver	PAA	1327331	41.10	+ 3.29
Mag Silver	MAG	719702	14.53	+ 2.43
Potash Cp Sask	POT	6932206	155.06	-8.39
Inmet Mining	IMN	1949909	85.79	-4.08
Timminco	TIM	10298108	19.75	-2.60
Russell Metals	RUS	948650	25.05	-1.67
Agrium	AGU	6103007	72.50	-1.48
Fording C C T	FDG_U	4717472	49.87	-1.45
Horizns G Bear	HGD	3494483	8.40	-1.19
First Quantum	FM	2530653	89.98	-0.97
Athabasca Pota	API	1225352	6.07	-0.88
Quadra Mng	QUA	2827020	20.20	-0.86