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New York spot gold slipped $29.90 to $4,678.90 on Monday, continuing the flattish stretch through its fourth full week despite the best efforts of wars and rumours of wars -- and now crackpot assassins and rumours thereof. And so, the TSX Venture Exchange rose 9.29 points to 1,020 today while the TSX gold index fell another 20.06 points to 898.16. B2Gold Corp. (BTO), as busy a trader as ever, led the retreat with a 58-cent drop to $6.20 on 20.76 million shares. West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. (WRLG) stabilized after Friday's 18-cent flop, dipping one cent to 83 cents today on 11.09 million shares.

Eric Sprott's New Found Gold Corp. (NFG) lost one cent to $2.81 on 587,000 shares on word that it has closed its big private placement, selling 38.87 million shares at $2.96 apiece, for $115.06-million. The sum includes $15-million raised as the underwriters fully exercised their greenshoe option. EdgePoint Investment Group Inc., which is also providing a $105-million (U.S.) senior secured credit facility, and existing shareholder, Mr. Sprott, were among the buyers.

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