Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Gain About 1%

	Close	Gain/Loss
Gold	$1244.70	+$10.90
Silver	$18.69	+$0.23
XAU	178.67	-0.85%
HUI	476.29	-0.59%
GDM	1437.63	-0.57%
JSE Gold	2568.66	+22.56
USD	85.75	-0.04
Euro	123.26	+0.11
Yen	111.73	+0.43
Oil	$76.51	+$0.21
10-Year	3.123%	+0.008
T-Bond	125.03125	-0.3125
Dow	10152.80	-1.41%
Nasdaq	2217.42	-1.63%
S&P	1073.69	-1.68%

Gold saw slight gains in Asia before it fell in London and saw a $5.88 loss at $1227.92 by a little after 8AM EST, but it then rallied higher throughout most of trade in New York and ended near its late morning high of $1248.26 with a gain of 0.88%. Silver followed a similar patter and ended near its late session high of $18.798 with a gain of 1.25%.

Euro gold rose to about €1008, platinum lost $2.50 to $1559.50, and copper rose nearly 7 cents to about $3.00.

Gold and silver equities saw modest losses in the first hour of trade before they rallied back higher midday, but they then fell back off in late trade and ended slightly lower.

Report	For	Reading	Expected	Previous
Initial Claims	6/19	457K	460K	476K
Durable Orders	May	-1.1%	-1.3%	3.0%
Durable Orders ex. Trans.	May	0.9%	1.3%	-0.8%

Tomorrow at 8:30AM EST brings first quarter GDP expected at 3.0% and the GDP Deflator expected 1.0%. At 9:55 is Michigan Sentiment for June expected at 75.5.

Oil rose in late trade and ended with a small gain as the U.S. dollar index and treasuries simply remained near unchanged despite poor economic data that sent the Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P over 1% lower.

Among the big names making news in the market today were ConAgra, Dollar Thrifty, Discover financial, and Lennar.

Note: Change in Total Tonnes from yesterday’s data: The LSE added 0.64 tonnes.

COMEX Gold Trust (IAU) Total Tonnes in Trust: 84.96 - No change from yesterday’s data.

Silver Trust (SLV) Total Tonnes in Trust: 9208.83 - No change from yesterday’s data.

Capital Gold’s (CGC) addition to the Russell 3000® Index, Banro’s (BAA) exploration results, Goldcorp’s (GG) mine suspension request, Minco’s (MSV.TO) project permitting update, and Apogee’s (APE.V) preliminary economic analysis results were among the big stories in the gold and silver mining industry making headlines today.

Winners & Losers tracks NYSE and AMEX listed gold and silver mining stocks that trade over $1.

UC Resources Announces Granting of Options - More
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Golden Hope Mines Engages Resourcex Group for Investor Relation Services - More
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Nanika Receives Assay Results for Herb Lake Manitoba Property - More
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SLAM drills additional mineralization in Williamson gold deposit - More
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Chairman William M. Sheriff Increases Ownership in Golden Predator - More
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Firestone Ventures Intersects 10 Metres Grading 20.0% Zinc, 1.2% Lead and 13.9 g/t Silver at Quetzal Project - More
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Millrock Commences Drilling at Council (Alaska) Joint Venture With Kinross Gold - More
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Augen Gold Corp. Announces Appointment of Chief Financial Officer - More
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Firestone Ventures Intersects 10 Metres Grading 20.0% Zinc, 1.2% Lead and 13.9 g/t Silver at Quetzal Project - More
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Duncastle Commences Airborne Survey at Porphyry Creek - More
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Otterburn Announces Up to $200,000 Private Placement - More
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Selva Resources Announces Production Agreement Signed to Supply Gold Ores - More
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Astral Begins Earn-In of 40% Interest in JJ Property - More
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Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend on Common Stock - "Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX - News) today declares a cash dividend of $0.30 per share payable on August 1, 2010 to holders of record as of July 15, 2010 for its common stock." More
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New Guinea Gold Receives Renewal of Imwauna Gold Project License El1091 From PNG Government - More
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Initial Skyline Gold 2010 Bronson Slope Drill Program Assays Include 3.9 Metres Grading 12 Grams Per Tonne Gold and 1.43 Metres Grading 29.9 Grams Per Tonne - More
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New Jersey Mining Company Drills 864 Gram/Tonne Gold Intercept - More
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Strategic Metals Announces Start of Drilling on Three Porphyry Projects - More
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Malbex Releases Geological Report by Dr. Richard Sillitoe on Potential of Del Carmen Norte - More
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Latin American Minerals Inc. Announces Addition of Ian C. Peres to the Board of Directors - More
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Acadian Mining announces the appointment of a new President and Chief Executive Officer - More
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Lateegra Gold Corp.: Drilling Underway at DeSantis - More
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Fission Energy Commences Drilling at Davy Lake, Athabasca Basin - More
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Intrepid Mines Limited: Discussions Ongoing in Respect of Paulsens Sale and Shareholder Meeting to Be Postponed - More
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Colossus Minerals Discovers Two New Mineralised Zones and Drills 50.85 Metres at 20.36 g/t Gold, 3.44 g/t Platinum and 4.94 g/t Palladium - More
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Platoro West announces consolidation and name change - More
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Paragon Reports Surface Bulk Sample Contract Signed for Jaclyn Main Deposit - More
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Crosshair Signs Bulk Sample Contract for Golden Promise - More
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Pele Mountain Reports Progress at Pigeon River Project - More
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Brazilian Gold starts drill program at the Boa Vista Gold Project - More
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Litigation in the DRC Dismissed; El Nino Files $850,000 Counter Action Against Georges Kavvadias and GCP Group Ltd. for Breach of Agreement - More
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Annual General Meeting results and corporate update - More
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Peregrine Drills 56 Metres of 1.20% Cu, 92 Metres of 0.90% Cu and 86 Metres of 0.84% Cu at Altar; Copper Column Leach Tests Underway - More
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Western Copper Extends Higher Grade Supergene Mineralization at Casino - More
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Creston Moly Announces Drill Results on Southern Boundary of the Main Zone Resource Limits and Northern Area of Red Hill Zone - More
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Canadian Shield Strengthens Board and Approves Name Change at Annual Meeting - More
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Kivalliq Reports Widest and Highest Grade Intercept to Date from Lac Cinquante - More
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Harte Grants Stock Options and Renews Investor Relations Contract - More
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Geo Minerals Completes Phase One Drilling at Silver Bell West, Arizona - More
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Puget Ventures Inc. Announces Private Placement to Raise Funds to Further Expansion and Development Program on Werner Lake Cobalt Deposit - More
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Bellhaven Receives Channel Samples from Two Exposures Containing 0.7 g/t Gold at the Middle Zone of the La Mina Porphyry Gold Project, Colombia - More
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Cash Minerals Changes Name to Pitchblack Resources Ltd. and Completes Share Consolidation - More
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Big Bear Mining Corp. Commences Exploration Program on Claims in Birch Uchi Area of Red Lake Mining District with Billiken Management - More
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Tombstone Exploration Corporation Starts Review of Large Data File Detailing Mineral-Rich Eagleville Gold Property in Mineral County, Nevada - More
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CanAlaska Uranium Commences Drilling of 20 Holes at Cree East Project - More
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Habanero Successfully Intersects Mineralized Targets With Drill Program in Keno Hill Silver District of the Yukon - More
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Minco Silver Provides Updates on the Permitting of Its Fuwan Silver Project - "We are very pleased with the progress on the permitting of the Fuwan Silver Project," commented Dr. Ken Cai, Chairman and CEO of Minco Silver. "We will immediately submit our mining license application once the administrative EIA approval is obtained." More
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Capital Gold Corporation Set to Join Russell 3000 Index - "Capital Gold Corporation (NYSE AMEX: CGC, TSX: CGC), a producing gold mining company, announced today that it is set to join the broad-market Russell 3000® Index when Russell Investments reconstitutes its comprehensive set of U.S. and global equity indexes on June 25, according to a preliminary list of additions posted June 11 on http://www.russell.com/." More
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Banro identifies new gold mineralization zones at its Namoya project - "Banro Corporation ("Banro" or the "Company") (NYSE AMEX - "BAA"; TSX - "BAA") is pleased to report that surface exploration work has identified two new gold mineralization zones at the Namoya Summit prospect at the Company's wholly-owned Namoya project, located on the Twangiza-Namoya gold belt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the "DRC"). The on-going exploration work at the Namoya Summit prospect includes geological mapping, channel sampling of exposures and trenching. The goal of the current exploration program is to delineate additional, near-surface resources that are within economic hauling distances of the proposed Namoya mine." More
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Apogee's Pulacayo Deposit Delivers Positive Preliminary Economic Analysis and Increases in Silver Resources - "Apogee Minerals Ltd. ("Apogee" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:APE - News) reports the results from its preliminary economic analysis ("PEA") and updated National Instrument 43-101 Mineral Resource Statement for its Pulacayo Silver-Zinc Lead deposit located in Bolivia. The study was independently prepared by Micon International Limited (Micon) through their offices in Toronto and Vancouver, Canada, and Norwich, United Kingdom, with support from EPCM Consultores S.R.L., mining engineering consultants based in La Pas, Bolivia." More
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Guatemalan Government Responds to Marlin Mine Suspension Request - "GOLDCORP INC. (TSX:G - News)(NYSE:GG - News) has responded to an announcement by the government of Guatemala regarding a request by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ("IACHR") asking the Guatemalan government to suspend operation of the Marlin mine in San Miguel Ixtahuacan, Guatemala. According to the statement released by the Guatemalan government today, its primary consideration is to protect the health and safety of its citizens. In keeping with its international commitments in the field of human rights, the government has agreed to comply with the IACHR's request by initiating the applicable administrative process under the laws of Guatemala." More
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