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by Stockwatch Business Reporter

New York spot gold continued its topsy turvy ways today. Bullion has been up, down and all around lately -- but more up than down given that it hit $4,540 over the past few days. Today, it took its afternoon break at $4,348.90, up $17.50 on the day. And so, the TSX Venture Exchange regained lost ground, adding 10.14 points to 994.36, while the TSX gold index recovered 8.35 points to 826.67. Silver X Mining Corp. (AGX), a 78-cent stocking stuffer just before Christmas, continued its bull run today by adding another 12 cents to $1.16 on 6.97 million shares. GoGold Resources Inc. (GGD) was strong as well, adding 20 cents to $3.04 on 6.3 million shares.

Matthew Wilcox's Robex Resources Inc. (RBX) rose 10 cents to $5.30 on 138,000 shares on word that its shareholders have overwhelmingly approved the proposed friendly merger with Andrew Pardey's Australia-based Predictive Discovery Ltd. Once touted as a merger of equals, the arrangement was nearly derailed when another Australian company, Perseus Mining Ltd., made a superior bid to merge with Predictive. Not to be jilted at the altar, Robex lowered its terms, agreeing to take 7.862 Predictive shares for each of its own, down from the original 8.667:1 ratio. No matter: Robex's shareholders gave the amended plan a 94.5-per-cent approval this week at a special meeting.

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