TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for August 12, 2009

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 12, 2009) - The following report is available on tsx.com at the following web page: http://www.tsx.com/en/news_events/media_kit.html Trading was very heavy on a volume of 190.0 million shares worth 92.0 million dollars. There were 297 advances, 311 declines and 564 issues unchanged. The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index closed up 9.18 at 1186.02 /T/ Most Active Issues by Volume Volume Name Symbol Close Change 9,731,978 East Asia Minerals Corporation EAS $2.970 $0.690 7,878,600 Silver Fields Resources Inc. SF $0.030 $0.000 5,720,634 Gold Wheaton Gold Corp. GLW $0.205 -$0.005 4,954,221 Noront Resources Ltd. NOT $2.270 $0.210 4,342,800 Plato Gold Corp. PGC $0.045 -$0.005 3,888,500 Brazilian Diamonds Limited BDY $0.015 $0.005 3,676,486 Troymet Exploration Corp. TYE $0.065 $0.000 3,634,000 Gold Hawk Resources Inc. CGK $0.040 -$0.010 3,557,465 Velo Energy Inc. VLO $0.520 $0.030 3,314,300 Romarco Minerals Inc. R $0.900 -$0.030 Most Active Securities by Value Value Security Name Symbol Close Change $27,493,682 East Asia Minerals Corporation EAS $2.970 $0.690 $11,614,595 Noront Resources Ltd. NOT $2.270 $0.210 $4,629,848 San Gold Corporation SGR $2.720 -$0.070 $3,022,178 Romarco Minerals Inc. R $0.900 -$0.030 $2,368,476 WesternZagros Resources Ltd. WZR $1.650 -$0.100 $2,208,992 Evolving Gold Corp. EVG $1.500 $0.090 $1,869,726 Velo Energy Inc. VLO $0.520 $0.030 $1,150,584 Gold Wheaton Gold Corp. GLW $0.205 -$0.005 $1,099,299 Bravo Venture Group Inc. BVG $0.620 $0.080 $1,071,647 Andina Minerals Inc. ADM $1.430 -$0.020 /T/ NEX Closing Summary for August 12, 2009 Trading was moderate on a volume of 1.11 million shares worth 0.06 million dollars. There were 3 advances, 3 declines and 30 issues unchanged. /T/ Most Active Issues by Volume Volume Name Symbol Close Change 239,100 Campbell Resources Inc. CCH.H $0.005 -$0.005 164,901 Blue Note Mining Inc. BN.H $0.005 $0.000 104,000 Avantec Technologies Inc. AVV.H $0.025 $0.000 92,334 Lagasco Corp. LCO.H $0.070 $0.000 81,200 Specialty Foods Group Income Fund Tr HAM.UN.H $0.005 $0.000 68,998 Newstrike Capital Inc. NES.H $0.135 -$0.030 40,600 Turnkey E&P Inc. TKY.H $0.030 $0.000 37,500 Agrotech Greenhouses Inc. AGV.H $0.200 $0.050 35,000 Pacific Link Mining Corp. PKC.H $0.035 $0.005 34,000 Novus Gold Corp. NOV.H $0.200 -$0.010 Most Active Securities by Value Value Security Name Symbol Close Change $10,136 Newstrike Capital Inc. NES.H $0.135 -$0.030 $7,350 Novus Gold Corp. NOV.H $0.200 -$0.010 $6,457 Lagasco Corp. LCO.H $0.070 $0.000 $6,433 Agrotech Greenhouses Inc. AGV.H $0.200 $0.050 $4,119 Eacom Timber Corporation ETR.H $0.135 $0.005 $3,258 Quanta Resources Inc. QR.H $0.125 -$0.125 $3,060 Devin Energy Corporation DVC.H $0.770 $0.030 $3,000 Focus Ventures Ltd. FCV.H $0.600 -$0.010 $2,600 Avantec Technologies Inc. AVV.H $0.025 $0.000 $1,900 Bi-Optic Ventures Inc. BOV.H $0.095 $0.030 /T/ NOTE: This document is for information purposes only and is not an invitation to purchase any securities listed on TSX Venture Exchange and/or NEX. While the information herein is collected and compiled with care, neither TSX Venture Exchange Inc., TSX Inc. nor any of their respective affiliated companies represents, warrants or guarantees the accuracy or the completeness of the information. This information is provided with the express condition, to which by purchasing or making use thereof you expressly consent, that no liability shall be incurred by TSX Venture Exchange Inc., TSX Inc. and/or any of its affiliates as a result of any use or reliance upon this information. "S&P" is a trade-mark of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and is used under licence by TSX Inc. and "TSX" is a trade-mark of TSX Inc.