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by Will Purcell

The diamond and specialty minerals stocks box score for Thursday was a weak 46-60-146. The TSX Venture Exchange fell five points to 692 while polished diamond prices inched lower. Robert Gannicott's Dominion Diamond Corp. (DDC) slipped nine cents to $20.99 on 282,000 shares. Dominion has had a good year, only in part because of the strong U.S. dollar. (The company's NYSE chart is nearly as impressive as its TSX sibling.) Better than expected revenues from Ekati and a promised dividend are the main reasons Dominion's stock is trading near its six-year high. Boris Ziger's Matica Enterprises Inc. (MMJ) closed unchanged at 10.5 cents on 1.94 million shares. Matica, which wants to grow and sell marijuana -- for medical purposes of course -- plans to spin off its Grumpy Lizard graphite project in Nevada to a new company. Mr. Ziger took time from his pot promotion early this year to tout the start of sampling and mapping at Grumpy Lizard, as well as a "contemplated drilling program."

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