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Spot gold (+1.24% to ~$4,424 USD/oz) and silver (+1.06% to ~$65.36 USD/oz) extended their multi-month rallies on August 12, sustaining a broadly bullish tone for precious-metal explorers; copper rose 0.74% to ~$6.66 USD/lb. Live CSE/TSX-V intraday market data feeds (thecse.com, tsx.com, stockwatch.com, stockhouse.com, juniorminingnetwork.com) were unreachable via the session egress proxy — gainer/loser lists are partial, volume figures estimated, and unusual_volume left empty per fallback policy. Confirmed losers: CQR.V (Conquest Resources) fell 15.38% to $0.05 in a sell-the-news reaction to Smith Lake gold channel samples (peak 15.31 g/t Au over 3m adjacent to Barrick's Renabie Mine); UTWO.V (U92 Energy) dropped 2.56% to $0.38 as the $0.40 offer price overhang weighed on shares after its $8.05M brokered offering closed today. Confirmed catalyst gainer: NINE.CSE (Nine Mile Metals) rose ~6% on strong Wedge Mine VMS assays — 3.49% Cu-Eq over 24.55m, including 5.22% Cu-Eq over 6.50m — in New Brunswick's Bathurst Camp. Additional news-day catalysts on tape: CRCL.CSE (Corcel Exploration) Phase I Yuma King drill results (56.65m at 1.07% Cu and 0.79 g/t Au); ERKA.CSE (Eureka Metals) Tyee Ti-V-Sc airborne magnetic survey; RZOLV.V (RZOLV Technologies) strategic MOU with Novamera for non-cyanide hydrometallurgical integration.