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by Stockwatch Business Reporter

New York spot gold closed down $15.80 to $1,217.90 Wednesday, falling with oil as the U.S. dollar rose. In Canada, the TSX Venture Exchange slipped a fraction to 690.22 and the TSX Gold Index lost 2.29 points to 179.82.

Major Canadian gold miners followed bullion down. Barrick Gold Corp. (ABX) lost 20 cents to $15.10, Eldorado Gold Corp. (ELD) lost seven cents to $6.06, Detour Gold Corp. (DGC) lost five cents to $11.56 and Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. (AEM) dropped 64 cents to $48.82.

Clive Johnson's B2Gold Corp. (BTO) dropped 10 cents to $2.12 on 10.21 million shares, after yet two more murders at the company's Masbate gold mine in the Philippines. Early this morning, B2Gold found two security guards shot dead at their guard posts. Both guards worked for the company's security contractor, Kublai Khan Security Services, which has now been on one side or the other in four murders at the mine over the past eight months. On June 19, one Kublai Khan security guard shot and killed his supervisor while at work. Then, on Dec. 20, a Kublai Khan guard shot and killed a long-time Masbate employee. B2Gold buried that announcement at the end of a press release titled, "Fourth Quarter Update at B2Gold Corp.'s Masbate Gold Mine." Today's press release, "Notice of Fatal Incident at B2Gold Corp.'s Masbate Gold Project, Philippines," was more direct. The company has contacted the police, but Masbate Island is known for its gunmen with Masbatens accepting violence as a daily part of their lives.

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