U.S. MARKETS -October 4-8

The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 1.63% or 176.8 points to close the Oct. 4-8 trading week at 11,006.48, while the S&P 500 index finished up 1.65% or 18.91 points at 1,165.15. Gold prices continued to surge, adding US$28.40 per oz. or 2.15% to close in New York on Oct. 8 at US$1,347 per oz. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver index rose 4.56 points to 204.82.

Eleven companies reached new 52-week share price highs on the New York Stock Exchange: Agnico-Eagle Mines, Agrium, Alumina Inc., ASA (Bermuda), Barrick Gold, Buenaventura, Cabot Corp., Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Gold Fields, Mesabi Trust, Rio Tinto, and Silver Wheaton.

Freeport topped the list of value gains with an advance of US$6.37 to US$95.51 per share. On Sept. 29, the company declared a cash dividend of US30¢ per share payable on Nov. 1 to share holders of record as of Oct. 15.

In the potash space, Agrium posted the second-largest share price gain, jumping US$6.07 to US$81.08. On Oct. 3, Agrium announced it had received approval from Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board for its proposed acquisition of AWB Ltd. AWB was formed in 1939 as the Australian Wheat Board and has been Australia’s statutory grain marketing authority for more than 60 years. The acquisition still requires regulatory, shareholder and court approvals.

Mosaic claimed the third-largest value gain, climbing US$5.99 per share to US$65.61. On Oct. 8 Mosaic’s board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of US5¢ per share on the company’s stock. The dividend will be paid on Nov. 18 to stockholders of record on Nov. 4.

Compass Minerals, which produces minerals including salt, sulphate of potash specialty fertilizer and magnesium chloride, added US$3.61 to US$79.74 per share. The company announced on Oct. 4 that it had amended and extended its senior secured credit facility by extending the maturity on a portion of its existing term loans and replacing its revolving line of credit. Compass extended the maturity on about $234 million of its term loan to 2016 at a rate of 2.75% over London interbank offered rate.

U.S. most active issues
	VOLUME		WEEK
	(000s)	HIGH	LOW	CLOSE	CHANGE
Alcoa* AA	200477	13.13	11.81	12.89	+ 0.66
Freeport McMo* FCX	65425	95.91	86.67	95.51	+ 6.37
Barrick Gold* ABX	50315	48.99	45.75	48.57	+ 1.56
Silverado* SLGLF	46737	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00
Hecla Mining* HL	45404	6.77	6.20	6.69	+ 0.31
Kinross Gold* KGC	36933	19.71	18.51	19.00	+ 0.10
Mosaic* MOS	36213	67.82	58.55	65.61	+ 5.99
Newmont Mng* NEM	35968	65.17	62.00	62.89	-0.79
Goldcorp* GG	35680	45.50	42.61	44.05	+ 0.33
Silver Wheatn* SLW	35174	27.31	25.61	26.63	-0.04

U.S. greatest percentage change
		VOLUME		WEEK
		(000s)	HIGH	LOW	CLOSE	CHANGE
Amazon Goldsd*	AZNG	64	0.30	0.10	0.30	+ 100.0
Canarc Res*	CRCUF	84	0.13	0.10	0.10	+ 66.6
Commerce Grp*	CGCO	17	0.04	0.02	0.04	+ 33.3
Alexco Res*	AXU	4042	6.25	4.45	5.95	+ 29.6
Tri-Valley*	TIV	914	0.99	0.75	0.94	+ 28.7
Caledonia Mng*	CALVF	2363	0.09	0.06	0.09	+ 28.5
Minera Andes*	MNEAF	5106	2.09	1.49	2.00	+ 25.7
Fischer-W Gld*	FWGO	47	0.05	0.04	0.05	+ 25.0
Linux Gold*	LNXGF	438	0.06	0.05	0.05	+ 25.0
Petaquilla Mn*	PTQMF	2703	0.62	0.42	0.57	+ 23.9
Yellowcake Mg*	YCKM	343	0.06	0.04	0.04	-50.0
Grandview Gld*	GVGDF	107	0.08	0.07	0.07	-22.2
Lake Vict Mng*	LVCA	1044	0.35	0.28	0.30	-16.6
Constittn Mng*	CMIN	4822	0.35	0.25	0.26	-16.1
Rare Elemt Re*	REE	7816	8.84	7.02	7.35	-16.0
US Antimony*	UAMY	101	0.58	0.47	0.49	-15.5
New Jersey Mg*	NJMC	370	0.22	0.18	0.20	-13.0
Cornerstone C*	CTNXF	64	0.15	0.13	0.14	-12.5
Quaterra Res*	QMM	234	1.61	1.36	1.42	-11.8
Almaden Mnls*	AAU	2177	3.27	2.77	2.90	-11.5

62.89

U.S. greatest value change
WEEK
		VOLUME	CLOSE	CHANGE
Freeport McMo*	FCX	65424642	95.51	+ 6.37
Agrium*	AGU	2409672	81.08	+ 6.07
Mosaic*	MOS	36213385	65.61	+ 5.99
BHP Billi-BHP*	BHP	18120752	81.56	+ 3.87
BHP Billi-BBL*	BBL	7201849	68.95	+ 3.65
Compass Mnls*	CMP	467308	79.74	+ 3.61
Alliance Rs P*	ARLP	387227	61.98	+ 3.38
Mesabi Trust*	MSB	1785976	41.39	+ 3.35
Massey Energy*	MEE	21362182	34.99	+ 3.28
Potash C Sask*	POT	28691734	145.80	+ 3.16
Rare Elemt Re*	REE	7815956	7.35	-1.40
SinoCoking Cl*	SCOK	1345630	8.34	-0.95
Newmont Mng*	NEM	35968047	-0.79
Allied Nevada*	ANV	649232	26.56	-0.77
Royal Gold*	RGLD	2676567	49.84	-0.54
Arch Coal*	ACI	14972280	26.59	-0.42
Minefinders*	MFN	3418757	9.37	-0.42
Stillwater Mg*	SWC	11355573	16.59	-0.39
Almaden Mnls*	AAU	2176572	2.90	-0.38
Exeter Res*	XRA	382687	6.11	-0.35