TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE -NOV. 29-DEC. 3

For a second week the S&P-TSX Venture composite index shrugged off its short downturn and made overall gains of 52.93 points, ending at 2,109.93.

The board was buzzing with activity, averaging 188 million shares traded daily. Some 190 juniors reached 52-week highs while 47 hit new lows.

Seafield Resources saw by far the highest volume, clocking in at 72.3 million shares traded. The company released drill results from the Miraflores deposit at its Quinchia gold project in Colombia. Results include hole 3 hitting 449 metres grading 1.29 grams gold per tonne, with a 24-metre section averaging 9.18 grams gold. The project already hosts an inferred resource of 18.6 million tonnes of 1.3 grams gold for 776,000 contained oz. gold, but the recently completed 4,100-metre drill program adds significantly to the data the resource was based on. Seafield’s share price climbed 35¢ to 57¢.

A positive ruling by the Commissioner for Minerals in Tanzania helped send Canaco Resources’ shares up 83¢ to $4.75. The company was entangled in a dispute with Sonora Gold & Silver over a small licence within Canaco’s Kilindi project. The ruling stated that the licence, which Sonora had optioned into, will now only be open for small-scale local mining. Sonora saw its share price drop 28¢ to 26¢.

A property acquisition in French Guiana helped Columbus Gold climb 27¢ to 52¢ per share. The company has secured the 135-sq.-km Paul Isnard project, which already hosts a resource of 33.2 million tonnes grading 1.69 grams gold for 2 million contained oz. gold. Along with smaller costs to earn 51%, Columbus can earn 100% in the project within four years by spending US$7 million, completing a bankable feasibility study, and issuing enough shares to France-listed Auplata for the company to own 49% of Columbus.

Eagle Plains Resources was one of the biggest percent gainers, climbing 50¢ or 208% to 74¢ after it issued an update on its Iron Range project in British Columbia, including rush assay results from sections of a drill hole. A 27-metre section from hole 5, starting at 63 metres depth, hit 4 metres of 1.49 grams gold and 22.5 grams silver and 1 metre carrying 6.05 grams gold and 33.9 grams silver. From 144 metres, a 19-metre interval averaged 0.84 gram gold throughout the sample. The company reported that holes 7 and 10 showed similar alteration. Providence Capital, which is earning in a 60% interest in the project, climbed $1.30 or 406% to $1.62.

Silvercrest Mines jumped 23¢ to $1.70 as it secured the La Joya property in Mexico. The company is buying the project from local vendors for US$2.68 million, payable over three years, plus a 2.5% net smelter return (NSR) royalty and US$1.5 million for La Joya West and a 1.5% NSR on La Joya East.

TSX-V most active issues
		VOLUME		WEEK
		(000s)	HIGH	LOW	CLOSE	CHANGE
Seafield Res	SFF	72249	0.77	0.22	0.57	+ 0.34
Sunridge Gold	SGC	26343	1.48	1.19	1.48	+ 0.28
Sidon Intl Res	SD	23012	0.17	0.12	0.17	+ 0.05
Passprt Potash	PPI	20378	0.38	0.23	0.32	+ 0.08
Tournigan Engy	TVC	17846	0.45	0.28	0.32	+ 0.01
UragoldBayRs	UBR	15122	0.08	0.04	0.05	+0.02
Eagle Plains	EPL	14620	0.75	0.22	0.74	+ 0.50
ESO Uranium	ESO	12087	0.15	0.11	0.12	-0.01
Encanto Potash	EPO	12003	0.47	0.34	0.44	+ 0.01
Avion Gold	AVR	11871	1.62	1.35	1.58	+ 0.17

TSX-V greatest percentage change
		VOLUME		WEEK
		(000s)	HIGH	LOW	CLOSE	CHANGE
Fortress Mnls	FST	848	3.07	0.17	3.00	+ 1478.9
Eagle Plains	EPL	14620	0.75	0.22	0.74	+ 208.3
Barker Mnrls	BML	1243	0.06	0.04	0.05	+ 150.0
Seafield Res	SFF	72249	0.77	0.22	0.57	+ 147.8
Roscan Minls	ROS	397	0.18	0.11	0.14	+ 133.3
Columbus Gold	CGT	6893	0.57	0.25	0.52	+ 108.0
BCM Res	B	232	0.41	0.22	0.40	+ 100.0
Arcturus Res	AZN	953	0.16	0.09	0.12	+ 100.0
EurOmax Res	EOX	4835	0.27	0.12	0.23	+ 91.6
Cadillac Mng	CQX	2807	0.17	0.09	0.17	+ 88.8
Pancontl Uran	PUC	1987	0.44	0.22	0.23	-42.5
BE Res	BER	4416	1.07	0.55	0.58	-42.0
Georox Res	GXR	626	0.49	0.25	0.28	-36.3
Energizer Res	EGZ	3537	0.53	0.31	0.32	-36.0
Mukuba Res	MKU	202	0.42	0.25	0.33	-31.2
Solid Res	SRW	782	0.15	0.10	0.11	-31.2
WhiteCanyonU	WU	7675	0.23	0.16	0.17	-29.1
Kingsman Res	KSM	622	0.14	0.10	0.10	-28.5
Helio Res	HRC	1534	0.65	0.42	0.48	-26.1
Atac Res	ATC	9072	7.75	4.95	5.80	-24.6

TSX-V greatest value change
WEEK
		VOLUME	CLOSE	CHANGE
Fortress Mnls	FST	848293	3.00	+ 2.81
Rainy River Rs	RR	2132451	12.65	+ 1.20
Bear Creek Mng	BCM	1222312	9.95	+ 0.88
Canaco Res	CAN	5720535	4.75	+ 0.83
Riva Gold	RIV	1607096	2.25	+ 0.70
Amazon Mng	AMZ	968763	4.56	+ 0.65
Hana Mng	HMG	2216977	5.10	+ 0.61
Eurasian Minls	EMX	483183	3.28	+ 0.60
Antares Minls	ANM	1899927	7.68	+ 0.58
Eagle Plains	EPL	14619703	0.74	+ 0.50
Atac Res	ATC	9071527	5.80	-1.90
Chesapeake Gld	CKG	244848	11.05	-1.07
RareElemntRs	RES	516503	9.85	-0.95
Lumina Copper	LCC	630270	3.60	-0.90
Tasman Metals	TSM	2512626	3.12	-0.47
BE Res	BER	4416237	0.58	-0.42
Callinan Mns	CAA	481370	2.81	-0.31
Strategic Metl	SMD	4279639	1.92	-0.24
Clifton Star	CFO	514842	4.93	-0.21
Energold Drill	EGD	1322262	3.80	-0.20