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If bullion was back on its horse on Friday, it spent Canada's Thanksgiving Day weekend galloping northward like a Pony Express rider pursued by Jesse James, reaching a jaw-dropping $4,180 by early Monday morning. Today's move was more sedate, as it added $34.10 from where it paused on Monday, ending at $4,143.50. As one might expect, the TSX gold index added 31.90 points to 760.09, while the TSX Venture Exchanged once again topped 1,000, ending the day up 37.17 to 1,017.94.

Today's gain aside, Canadian stocks were also playing catch-up from bullion's whirlwind weekend. Endeavour Silver Corp. (EDR) jumped $1.50 to $12.22 on 6.15 million shares, while Jaguar Mining Inc. (JAG) surged $1.01 to $7.32 on 1.7 million shares. And so, perhaps offer a thought for shareholders of China Gold International Resources Corp. (CGG), as their stock shed 25 cents to $24.99 on 137,000 shares.

Rob McEwen's McEwen Inc. (MUX) offered a reminder today that it is looking to grow a bit larger. In July, the company had enticed Canadian Gold Corp. (CGC) into a friendly merger in which Canadian's shareholders would receive 0.0225 of a McEwen share for each of their Canadian Gold shares. The combination, as now confirmed by a definitive agreement, will give Canadian Gold's shareholders an 8-per-cent interest in the expanded McEwen.

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