Most actively traded companies on the TSX, TSX Venture Exchange markets

TORONTO – Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:

Toronto Stock Exchange (12,391.23 up 21.04 points):

Lake Shore Gold Corp. (TSX:LSG). Miner. Down four cents, or 3.92 per cent, at 98 cents on 15,151,597 shares. The gold sector was one of the biggest decliners, sliding 0.59 per cent to 349.21 points as price of the bullion for December dropped US$7.70 to $1,775.60 per ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Torex Gold Resources Inc. (TSX:TXG). Miner. Down 18 cents, or 8.49 per cent, at $1.94 on 7,547,725 shares. Trading on the Toronto-based company’s stock was temporarily put on hold this morning, a day after announcing that it filed a technical report for its gold project in Mexico.

Talisman Energy Inc. (TSX:TLM). Oil and gas. Down three cents, or 0.23 per cent, at $13.28 on 6,421,863 shares.

Research In Motion Ltd. (TSX:RIM). Wireless technology. Up 46 cents, or 5.98 per cent, at $8.15 on 6,410, 670 shares. The BlackBerry and PlayBook maker’s stock is steadily rising after announcing last week better-than-expected second-quarter results and a two-million jump in subscribers.

Eastern Platinum Ltd. (TSX:ELR). Miner. Unchanged at 18 cents on 4,902,136 shares. The metals and mining sector dipped 0.04 per cent to 893.51 points.

Kinross Gold Corp. (TSX:K). Miner. Up 17 cents, or 1.67 per cent, at $10.36 on 4,564,415 shares.

TSX Venture Exchange (1,331.78 down 6.92 points):

Atacama Pacific Gold Corp. (TSXV:ATM). Mineral explorer. Down 33 cents, or 9.68 per cent, at $3.08 on 5,442,101 shares.

Vantex Resources Ltd. (TSXV:VAX). Gold explorer. Up 5.5 cents, or 55 per cent, at 15.5 cents on 3,935,249 shares. Industry veteran Rob McEwen increased his stake in the Quebec-based company by 500,000 shares to 7.8 million shares which represents 12.38 per cent of Vantex’s issued and outstanding shares. Vantex’s primary asset is its Galloway gold project in Quebec.

Companies reporting major news:

Baytex Energy Corp. (TSX:BTE). Up 45 cents, or 0.96 per cent, at $47.25 on 505,829 shares. The Calgary-based company will spend $120 million to acquire about 46 sections of undeveloped oilsands leases near its core assets in the Cold Lake area of northeast Alberta. Baytex also announced Tuesday it received regulatory approval to build and operate a bitumen recovery scheme using steam-assisted gravity drainage.

CML HealthCare Inc. (TSX:CLC). Up a penny, or 0.11 per cent, at $8.83 on 138,270 shares. The Toronto area company said it is selling its diagnostic imaging business in Alberta to Canada Diagnostic Centres for $17 million and announced its acquisition of Hemostasis Reference Laboratory Inc., a provider of specialized laboratory testing services, for an undisclosed sum.

Erdene Resource Development Corp. (TSX:ERD). Mining exploration. Down a penny, or 3.13 per cent, at 31 cents on 132,725 shares. The Halifax-based mining exploration company is seeking shareholder approval to split into two companies: one would focus on Mongolian metals exploration projects while North American projects would be transferred to publicly traded Morien Resources Corp.