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New York spot gold rose $18.30 to $2,933.90 on Wednesday. The TSX Venture Exchange rose 12.09 points to 613.98 while the TSX gold index edged 0.03 point higher to 418.01. Some miners were strong today. Taseko Mines Ltd. (TKO) rose 15 cents to $3.14 on 1.56 million shares and SSR Mining Inc. (SSRM) gained 47 cents to $14.73 on 570,000 shares, helping lead the advancers. On the other hand, Novagold Resources Inc. (NG) lost three cents to $4.69 on 517,000 shares and Centerra Gold Inc. (CG) fell four cents to $8.12 on 2.12 million shares.

There were some better gains, but they were driven by news. David Wolfin's Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. (ASM) jumped 44 cents to $2.48 on 2.44 million shares following word of "record financial performance" last year and "improvements across key financial metrics," leading to the company's treasury being stuffed with a record amount of cash. The company produced 2.42 million equivalent ounces of silver last year and sold about two million, generating $27.6-million (U.S.) in operating cash flow before taxes.

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