U. S. MARKETS APR. 29-MAY 5

Stock markets in the U. S. advanced during the April 29 -May 5 trading session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 98 points, or 0.8%, to 12970; the Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 11 points, or 0.8%, to 1407; the NASDAQ moved 40 points higher, or 1.6%, to 2464. Precious metals equities were also higher, with the Philadelphia Gold and Silver index moving up 0.7 point, or 0.4%, to 174.5, and the AMEX Gold Bugs index moving up 1.4 points, or 0.3%, to 408.3.

Among volume leaders for the trading session, the most notable was Crystallex International, crashing US95 to close at US72 with 37 million shares changing hands, after the ministry of the environment in Venezuela has decided not to grant Crystallex an environmental permit for its Las Cristinas gold project. Rio de Janeiro-based miner Vale added US$2.29 to US$40.31 on 115 million shares. Fellow mining giant Rio Tinto added US$11.65 to US$503.60 on 1.4 million shares. Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan added US39 to US$193.89 on 75 million shares, while potash miner Mosaic rose US$1.11 to US$124.79 on 38 million shares.

Barrick Gold, the world’s largest gold miner, lost US13 to US$38.91 on 57 million shares, while fellow gold miner Goldcorp added US58 to US$36.68 on 43 million shares, and Newmont advanced US$1.36 to US$45.35 on 38 million shares. Another gold mover was Agnico-Eagle Mines, climbing US$2.95 to US$63.97 on 12.5 million shares.

Silver miner Coeur d’Alene lost a penny to US$3.16 on 64 million shares. Fellow silver miner Apex Silver fell US$1.01 to US$9.38 on 2.4 million shares. Aluminum giant Alcoa moved US$1.32 higher to US$36.89 on 56 million shares. Copper miner Freeport Mc-MoRan rose US19 to US$115.99 on 55 million shares.

Other notable movers include iron junior Cardero Resources, adding 36% to US$2.50 on 654,000 shares. Copper junior QuaterraResources rose 18% to US$3.55 on 102,000 shares. Gold Reserve dropped 43% to US$2.19 on 9.5 million shares after the ministry of the environment in Venezuela has announced that is was planning to rescind a permit for its Brisas project.

U. S. most active issues
	VOLUME	WEEK
	(000s) HIGH	LOW	CLOSE	CHANGE
Vale* RIO	115403 40.60	36.63	40.31	+ 2.29
PotashCSask* POT	74757193.96	175.00	193.89	+ 0.39
CoeurdAlene*CDE	63694 3.26	2.95	3.16	-0.01
Barrick Gold* ABX	56808 39.18	37.00	38.91	-0.13
Alcoa* AA	55956 37.01	33.65	36.89	+ 1.32
Freeport McMo*FCX	54900 116.74	106.06	115.99	+ 0.19
Goldcorp* GG	42622 37.45	33.83	36.68	+ 0.58
Newmont Mng* NEM	38258 45.44	42.36	45.35	+ 1.36
Mosaic* MOS	37748 128.29	115.55	124.79	+ 1.11
Crystallex In* KRY	37099 1.69	0.50	0.72	-0.95

U. S. greatest percentage change
		VOLUME	WEEK
		(000s)	HIGH	LOW	CLOSE	CHANGE
McKenzie Bay*	MKBY	4256	0.10	0.02	0.08	+300.0
Pac Gold*	PCFG	3702	0.03	0.02	0.02	+100.0
NT Holding*	NTHH	24	0.10	0.09	0.09	+ 80.0
Sao Luis Mng*	SAOL	148	0.17	0.11	0.16	+ 45.4
Madison Minls*	MMRSF	57	0.39	0.24	0.36	+ 38.4
Cardero Res*	CDY	654	2.50	1.84	2.50	+ 35.8
Tara Gold*	TRGD	1200	0.37	0.26	0.36	+ 28.5
Silver Dragon*	SDRG	2146	0.23	0.17	0.23	+ 27.7
Quaterra Res*	QMM	102	3.67	3.02	3.55	+ 18.3
AmMex Gold*	AMXG	24	0.13	0.10	0.13	+ 18.1
Crystallex In*	KRY	37099	1.69	0.50	0.72	-56.8
Sparrowtech R*	SPMC	945	0.02	0.01	0.01	-50.0
Gold Reserve*	GRZ	9466	3.85	1.90	2.19	-43.1
Brookmount Ex*	BMXI	52	0.16	0.09	0.09	-40.0
HomelandPrM*	HPMEF	21	0.07	0.05	0.05	-28.5
US Antimony*	UAMY	66	0.57	0.45	0.45	-25.0
Commerce Grp*	CGCO	58	0.25	0.14	0.20	-20.0
Little Squaw*	LITS	45	0.49	0.40	0.40	-18.3
Grandview Gld*	GVGDF	45	0.31	0.24	0.24	-17.2
Shoshone Silv*	SHSH	55	0.18	0.15	0.15	-16.6

U. S. greatest value change
WEEK
	VOLUME	CLOSE	CHANGE
Rio Tinto* RTP	1364443	503.60	+ 11.65
CONSOL Energy* CNX	17808623	88.62	+ 6.54
Alpha Nat Res* ANR	17527212	56.34	+ 5.34
Yanzhou Coal* YZC	796646	95.06	+ 5.11
Arch Coal* ACI	22913755	61.92	+ 4.45
Fording C C T* FDG	8373464	67.01	+ 4.39
OM Group* OMG	3085042	58.98	+ 3.40
Agnico-Eagle* AEM	12555333	63.97	+ 2.95
Cabot Corp* CBT	2970708	31.46	+ 2.61
Harry Winston* HWD	174600	30.56	+ 2.60
ASA (Bermuda)* ASA	349576	77.85	-2.26
Soc Quim&M Ch*SQM	3392177	27.47	-2.16
Stillwater Mg* SWC	5997633	13.56	-2.10 < /td>
Gold Reserve* GRZ	9466056	2.19	-1.66
Randgold Res* GOLD	3287521	45.59	-1.59
Westmoreland* WLB	110034	14.90	-1.49
DRDGOLD* DROOY	1932282	7.40	-1.03
APEX Silver* SIL	2374848	9.38	-1.01
Foundatn Coal* FCL	5585657	61.75	-0.98
Royal Gold* RGLD	2868634	27.69	-0.96