TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE -AUGUST 9-13

A major decline in mining stocks helped push the TSX composite index down 2.3% over the Aug. 9-13 trading period, as indexes worldwide fell on news of a shaky recovery in the United States. The TSX dropped 271.72 points to close at 11,528.25.

The Capped Metals and Mining index plunged 6.4%, or 61.8 points, to close at 898.48 while the Global Gold index held steady, rising less than 2 points to finish at 364.26.

All but one of the most actively traded stocks over the period dropped. Timminco, which produces silicon metal for the chemicals, aluminum and solar energy industries, was the most actively traded with 46.1 million shares changing hands, pushing the stock down 9¢ to 47¢ apiece.

Uranium One was the second most actively traded stock, and the only one on the list that saw shares rise — up 31¢ to $3.15 per share on a trading volume of 28.9 million shares. The company has increased its 2010 production guidance to 7 million lbs. uranium oxide, 4% higher than the first quarter, as a result of better than expected performance from its South Inkai uranium mine in Kazakhstan. Uranium One decreased cash costs to US$15 per lb. sold from US$19 in the first quarter.

Gold miner Agnico-Eagle Mines saw its shares increase the most by value over the period, rising $2.96 to close at $64.33 apiece on no news.

Agrium, one of the big three fertilizer makers in Canada, saw its shares gain $1.81 to $70.07 over the period, but shares were down at presstime after the company made an offer to pay US$1.1 billion for the Australian wheat exporter AWB in an attempt to grow its retail business.

Detour Gold shares rose $1.51 to $29.29 as the company completed a bought-deal public offering consisting of 12.08 million shares for a total of $298 million. The company plans to produce 649,000 oz. gold per year from its Detour Lake open-pit project in northern Ontario, over a span of 16 years at a cash cost of US$437 per oz.

First Quantum Minerals was the top loser, falling $5.01 to $59.95 apiece after reporting a net loss of $588.2 million due to impairment and acquisition costs and an 8% drop in copper production from lower ore grades and uncertainty with its Kolwezi copper project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Almaden Minerals was the top gainer on a percentage basis with shares rising nearly 90%, or 89¢ to close at $1.88 apiece. The company released its first set of drill results from the Tuligtic copper-gold-silver project in Puebla state, Mexico. Highlights include 302 metres grading 1.01 grams gold and 48 grams silver per tonne between 47.5 metres depth, intersecting multiple quartz-carbonate sulphide vein zones. Results from two more holes are on the way.

TSX most active issues
		VOLUME		WEEK
		(000s)	HIGH	LOW	CLOSE	CHANGE
Timminco	TIM	46121	0.75	0.47	0.47	-0.09
Uranium One	UUU	28929	3.21	2.90	3.15	+ 0.31
KinrossGold	K	26143	16.25	15.78	15.81	-0.41
Banro Res	BAA	15730	1.90	1.62	1.78	-0.07
Yamana Gold	YRI	15292	10.35	9.95	10.15	-0.09
Lundin Mng	LUN	14755	4.32	3.74	3.78	-0.47
Teck B	TCKB	14586	36.47	33.14	33.55	-2.04
Katanga Mng	KAT	13489	1.09	0.98	1.00	-0.03
Red Back Mng	RBI	13402	28.60	27.73	27.93	-0.74
Eastern Platin	ELR	13161	1.17	0.98	0.98	-0.14

TSX greatest percentage change
		VOLUME		WEEK
		(000s)	HIGH	LOW	CLOSE	CHANGE
Almaden Mnls	AMM	5097	2.04	1.11	1.88	+ 89.9
Polo Res	POL	88	0.14	0.08	0.13	+ 44.4
Lydian Intl	LYD	5212	1.90	1.35	1.80	+ 35.3
Volta Res	VTR	7366	1.54	1.21	1.54	+ 27.2
Yukon-Nev Gold	YNG	9630	0.48	0.37	0.47	+ 27.0
Acadian Mng	ADA	719	0.05	0.04	0.05	+ 25.0
Armistice Res	AZ	1353	0.34	0.23	0.30	+ 25.0
Contintl Gold	CNL	1955	4.40	3.70	4.40	+ 22.2
GoldWheatonG	GLW	6081	3.05	2.53	3.03	+ 20.7
Africo Res	ARL	12	0.90	0.76	0.90	+ 18.4
Diamond Fields	DFI	73	0.20	0.16	0.17	-43.3
BRC DiamondCr	BCD	34	0.13	0.09	0.09	-35.7
Marengo Mng	MRN	413	0.11	0.08	0.08	-27.2
Jaguar Mng	JAG	5574	8.30	6.12	6.35	-23.2
Tiger Res	TGS	64	0.23	0.18	0.20	-23.0
Polaris Minls	PLS	430	1.70	1.38	1.38	-18.3
Talon Metals	TLO	1103	0.30	0.24	0.27	-18.1
Khan Res	KRI	622	0.35	0.28	0.29	-17.1
Thundermin Res	THR	79	0.12	0.10	0.10	-16.6
Timminco	TIM	46121	0.75	0.47	0.47	-16.0

TSX greatest value change
WEEK
		VOLUME	CLOSE	CHANGE
Agnico-Eagle	AEM	4684568	64.33	+ 2.96
Agrium	AGU	6856454	70.07	+ 1.81
Detour Gold	DGC	1586934	29.29	+ 1.51
Almaden Mnls	AMM	5097277	1.88	+ 0.89
Alamos Gold	AGI	2519224	16.40	+ 0.80
Contintl Gold	CNL	1954879	4.40	+ 0.80
Centerra G old	CG	2002823	13.70	+ 0.76
Eldorado Gold	ELD	10595095	18.37	+ 0.67
CentralGold-T	GTU_U	36057	49.57	+ 0.63
Aurizon Mines	ARZ	2688030	6.06	+ 0.54
First Quantum	FM	1740326	59.95	-5.01
Inmet Mining	IMN	793021	49.08	-2.66
Teck B	TCKB	14586475	33.55	-2.04
Jaguar Mng	JAG	5574259	6.35	-1.92
Coeur d Alene	CDM	71844	15.17	-1.56
Cameco Corp	CCO	4202032	25.86	-1.30
Russell Metals	RUS	866262	19.08	-1.19
Ivanhoe Mines	IVN	2243707	17.47	-1.18
SouthGobi Res	SGQ	49508	11.93	-1.03
Thompson Creek	TCM	4291712	9.26	-0.83