Toronto Stock Exchange February 28-March 6

Toronto stocks recovered from the previous report period’s slip, with the S&P-TSX Composite Index grabbing 176.84 points to hit 111,883.31 by the end of the Feb. 28-March 6 trading period. The golds advanced 10.08 points to 275.47, as the diversified brethren climbed 13.86 points to 439.28. All of the shinnies and base metals finished higher.

Bema Gold put gold’s US$12-per-oz. jump to US$565.26 to best use, busily trading nearly 62 million shares 38 higher to $5.06. The mid-tier producer expects to pour 381,000 oz. gold at US$356 apiece in 2006. EuroZinc Mining placed a distant second on a volume basis, tacking on 8 to make $1.72 with 33.6 million shares on the go. The company ended 2005 with record earnings of US$88.3 million and revenues of US$314.9 million. Eldorado Gold grabbed the bronze, with more than 25 million shares making their way 17 higher to $4.94.

Meanwhile, silver producers fared well as their metal advanced 5.7% to a long-time high of $10.22 per oz. Minco Silver stood out, jumping $1.39, or 47.1%, to $4.34. Drilling on its Fuwan project in southern China yielded 168-1,183 grams silver per tonne over 2.4-8.7 metres. The company bought out its Chinese partner earlier this year in return for $1.6 million in cash and a 10% net profit interest. Minco’s parent Minco Mining & Metals, with a 56% stake, jumped 28.7% to $2.78.

Silver Standard Resources owns around 19% of Minco Silver with an option for up to 30%; its shares gained $1.25 to $20.27. Silver Standard recently boosted resources at its Pitarrilla silver project in Mexico by 30%. In Peru, trenching at its San Luis property returned up to 4.2 metres of 134 grams gold and 2,246 grams silver per tonne.

Vancouver-based Silvercorp Metals finished 31% better at $13.10 amid heavier-than-normal traffic. An updated resource estimate for the Ying silver-lead-zinc project in China is expected by the end of April. The company plans to spend around $15 million building a 600-tonne-per-day-mill in 2006. The funds will also go toward exploration, mine development, mining and processing.

Also rising on silver’s good fortune were Silver Wheaton’s warrants, with the A-series up 25% to $1.15, and regular warrants 22.7% better at $1.35. The company’s common shares finished $1.40, or 15.5% better, at $10.43. A recently agreed up-front payment of US$285 million to Swiss commodities trader Glencore International will allow Sliver Wheaton to buy some 95 million oz. of Peruvian silver at a starting rate of US$3.90 per oz. over 20 years.

Canada’s lone primary palladium producer North American Palladium used a 6% increase in the silvery-white metal to recover from its recent stumble. The issue finished 66, or 5.7% higher, at $12.26. A sharp drop in production at the Lac des les mine, near Thunder Bay, Ont., pushed NAP into the red to the tune of $53.6 million during 2005.

TSX greatest percentage change

		VOLUME(000s)	HIGH	LOW	CLOSE	CHANGE
Minco Silver	MSV	670	4.50	3.00	4.34	+47.1
Opawica Expl	OPW	18369	0.19	0.115	0.165	+32.0
Globex Mng	GMX	632	4.34	2.90	4.18	+31.8
Silvercorp Mtl	SVM	3064	13.49	9.65	13.10	+31.0
Minco Mng & Me	MMM	2071	2.94	2.06	2.78	+28.7
Golden Queen	GQM	262	0.68	0.49	0.62	+25.2
Sulliden Expl	SUE	980	0.79	0.57	0.75	+25.0
Silver Wtn wtA	SLW.WT.A	2053	1.34	0.88	1.15	+25.0
Silver Whtn wt	SLW.WT	3536	1.49	1.08	1.35	+22.7
Ashtn Mng Cda	ACA	738	1.60	1.25	1.53	+22.4
Gabriel Res wt	GBU.WT	118	1.15	0.80	0.80	-23.8
Asia Pac Res	APQ	2002	0.13	0.105	0.105	-22.2
Zaruma Res	ZMR	1675	0.135	0.11	0.11	-21.4
Cline Mng	CMK	385	0.70	0.55	0.55	-17.9
Blue Pearl wt	BLE.WT	425	2.66	2.01	2.06	-17.2
Rex Diamond	RXD	86	0.14	0.12	0.12	-14.2
Goldstake Exp	GXP	215	0.17	0.15	0.15	-14.2
Blue Pearl Mng	BLE	4193	3.37	2.68	2.71	-14.2
Stornoway Diam	SWY	1177	1.21	0.99	1.03	-14.1
Jaguar Nickel	JNI	1534	0.345	0.28	0.295	-13.2

TSX greatest value change

		VOLUME	CLOSE	CHANGE
Teck Comin B	TEK.SVB	5878506	73.31	+3.31
Goldcorp	G	12013881	32.00	+3.12
Silvercorp Mtl	SVM	3063738	13.10	+3.10
Aber Diamond	ABZ	861485	46.00	+2.93
First Quantum	FM	1165209	38.05	+2.80
Gammon Lk Res	GAM	3872737	20.30	+1.93
Pan Am Silv wt	PAA.WT	33274	16.03	+1.63
Pan Am Silver	PAA	1140478	27.36	+1.53
Meridian Gold	MNG	2839974	30.09	+1.48
Agnico-Eagle	AEM	3192260	30.90	+1.465
Newmont Mng	NMC	780829	57.99	-4.355
Royal Gold	RGL	31770	34.20	-2.57
Potash Cp Sask	POT	1542720	106.67	-2.25
New Gold	NGD	745658	9.20	-0.50
Blue Pearl Mng	BLE	4193324	2.71	-0.45
Blue Pearl wt	BLE.WT	425255	2.06	-0.43
Jaguar Mng	JAG	1094509	5.25	-0.37
Linear Gold	LRR	345182	6.90	-0.37
Gabriel Res	GBU	3090097	2.47	-0.29
Greystar Res	GSL	293070	8.55	-0.25

TSX most active issues

		VOLUME	WEEK HIGH	LOW	CLOSE	CHANGE
Bema Gold	BGO	61991	5.29	4.63	5.06	+	0.38
EuroZinc Mng	EZM	33623	1.88	1.59	1.72	+	0.08
Eldorado Gold	ELD	25452	5.36	4.75	4.94	+	0.17
Kinross Gold	K	21474	11.61	10.37	10.71	+	0.05
Opawica Expl	OPW	18369	0.19	0.115	0.165	+	0.04
Breakwater Res	BWR	17131	1.12	0.96	1.06	+	0.06
Barrick Gold	ABX	16535	32.25	30.57	31.26	+	0.04
Cambior Inc	CBJ	16519	3.70	3.21	3.44	+	0.23
Yamana Gold	YRI	16331	10.70	9.85	10.44	+	0.24
Paladin Res	PDN	13613	3.30	2.92	3.18	+	0.35