TSX Venture Exchange

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index clawed back much of the steep losses it had suffered the week prior, gaining 81.39 points to end the period at 1,309.27 points after four days of straight gains. The gains came despite fairly low volumes, averaging 70 million shares traded daily.

Providing a much-needed reminder of the potential of juniors, Goldquest Mining climbed from 6¢ to 40¢ for a 567% gain with 25.5 million shares traded after announcing a new gold discovery at its Las Tres Palmas project in the Dominican Republic. Discovery hole 90 was testing a new geophysical target and returned 231 vertical metres grading 2.4 grams gold per tonne starting at 33 metres downhole. The first 70 metres of mineralization returned 1.3 grams gold and 0.04% copper, while the remaining 160 metres averaged 2.9 grams gold and 0.62% copper. The hole was stopped early in mineralization for technical reasons.

While far behind Goldquest, Hana Mining still managed a strong percentage gain after its shares were hammered the week before. The company gained 32¢, or 78%, to end at 73¢ with 6.9 million shares traded after seeing some recovery from the initial reaction to the preliminary economic assessment of its Ghanzi copper-silver project in Botswana. Hana is off the $1.29 it traded at before releasing the scoping study, but the company fared much better than Canaco Resources, which fell from 87¢ to 30¢ on the same day Hana dropped, and ended the latest period with no recovery at 31¢ with 8 million shares traded.

Emerging silver producer Aurcana managed an 11¢ gain to close at 93¢ on 5.5 million shares traded after releasing positive quarterly results. The company reported a 20% increase in quarterly silver production to 287,500 oz. silver equivalent, which translated to a 186% increase in quarterly net income to US$2 million and quarterly revenue rise of 6% to US$11.6 million. Production came from the company’s La Negra silver-copper-lead-zinc mine in Mexico’s Queretaro State, while Aurcana is nearing production at its Shafter silver project in Texas.

Commerce Resources went from 20¢ to 30¢ in the period after releasing a preliminary economic assessment on its Ashram rare earth project in northern Quebec. The study outlined a 4,000-tonne-per-day open-pit operation producing about 16,850 tonnes of rare earth oxides per year. The economics, based on a rare earth element basket price of $28.82 per kilogram, worked out to a pre-tax net present value of $2.3 billion using a 10% discount rate, and a pre-tax internal rate of return of 44%. Capital costs came in at $763 million, including $204 million for a 185-km road to a port in northern Quebec.

TSX-V most active issues

 VOLUME WEEK
HIGH LOW CLOSE CHANGE
GoldQuest Mng GQC 25524 0.40 0.06 0.40 +0.34
Canaco Res CAN 8025 0.32 0.27 0.31 0.00
Hana Mng HMG 6922 0.75 0.42 0.73 +0.33
Aurcana Corp AUN 5546 0.96 0.82 0.94 +0.11
Groundstar Res GSA 4678 0.03 0.02 0.03 +0.01
Tyhee Gold TDC 4289 0.09 0.08 0.09 0.00
Victoria Gold VIT 4034 0.27 0.21 0.25 +0.01
Midlands Minls MEX 3572 0.03 0.02 0.03 +0.01
Roxgold ROG 2815 0.78 0.67 0.69 -0.06
Golden Dory Rs GDR 2521 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.00

TSX-V greatest percentage change

 VOLUME WEEK
HIGH LOW CLOSE CHANGE
GoldQuest Mng GQC 25524 0.40 0.06 0.40 +618.1
United Reef URP 193 0.01 0.01 0.01 +100.0
Tolima Gold TOM 1342 0.40 0.18 0.37 +82.5
Hana Mng HMG 6922 0.75 0.42 0.73 +80.2
Meritus Mnls MER 940 0.03 0.02 0.03 +66.6
Samex Mng SXG 69 0.36 0.25 0.36 +63.6
Everton Res EVR 989 0.10 0.06 0.09 +63.6
Asian Minl Res ASN 769 0.11 0.04 0.11 +61.5
Getty Copper TGC 160 0.08 0.05 0.08 +60.0
Taipan Res TPN 413 0.66 0.37 0.64 +60.0
Mayen Mnls MYM 416 0.05 0.05 0.05 -66.6
Santa Barb Res SBL 169 0.14 0.06 0.07 -63.1
St Elias Mns SLI 1891 0.48 0.19 0.25 -45.6
First Lilthium MCI 643 0.03 0.02 0.02 -42.8
Long Harbour E LHC 10 0.10 0.10 0.10 -42.8
Sirios Res SOI 1258 0.02 0.01 0.02 -40.0
Alpha Gold ALQ 63 0.02 0.02 0.02 -40.0
Westhaven Vent WHN 10 0.11 0.11 0.11 -38.8
Stratabd Mnr SB 67 0.07 0.05 0.07 -35.0
Brigadier Gold BRG 97 0.08 0.06 0.06 -31.2

TSX-V greatest value change

 VOLUME WEEK
CLOSE CHANGE
Chesapeake Gld CKG 51989 10.04 +1.02
Atac Res ATC 1747236 2.90 +0.52
Sandstorm Gld SSL 936385 8.35 +0.50
Tasman Metals TSM 244052 1.72 +0.35
Bear Creek Mng BCM 445270 2.94 +0.34
GoldQuest Mng GQC 25523642 0.40 +0.34
Hana Mng HMG 6922155 0.73 +0.33
Anfield Nickel ANF 49120 3.48 +0.27
Acot Res AOT 184826 1.25 +0.25
Atacama Pac Gd ATM 351300 3.40 +0.25
Maudore Minls MAO 93947 3.05 -0.48
Gold Reserve GRZ 47734 3.52 -0.24
St Elias Mns SLI 1890915 0.25 -0.21
Astur Gold AST 61533 0.79 -0.14
Santa Barb Res SBL 169000 0.07 -0.12
Intigold Mines IGD 291200 0.31 -0.11
Regulus Res REG 36813 0.65 -0.10
Silver Range R SNG 40036 0.68 -0.10
Mayen Mnls MYM 416000 0.05 -0.10
Mkango Res MKA 37000 0.31 -0.09
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