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VYOG, AEZS, VR, GRS, LF: Volatility Equals Larger Profits

Volatility Equals Larger Profits: VYOG, AEZS, VR, GRS, LF

Voyager Oil & Gas (OTCBB:VYOG) has gained 8.7% or $.46 a share to settle at $5.75 with a increasing volume of 732,500 shares traded compared to its average three-month volume of 251,000 shares. For the past 52 weeks the stock has been trading between one dollar a share and $5.75 a share with a market capitalization of $260 million.

Voyager Oil & Gas, Inc., formerly ante4, Inc. is an exploration-stage company. The Company was formed for the purpose of exploration, exploitation, acquisition and production of crude oil and natural gas in the continental United States. On April 16, 2010, ante4, Inc. completed the acquisition of Voyager Oil & Gas, Inc. The Company controls approximately 21,000 net acres in the Williston Basin Bakken and Three Forks/Sanish plays

Aeterna Zentaris (NASDAQ:AEZS) has gained 2.76% or five cents a share to settle at $1.86 with a volume of 1.9 million shares traded, versus its three-month average volume of 2 million shares. For the past 52 weeks the stock has been trading between $.79 and $2.19 a share with a current market capitalization of $155 million.

AEterna Zentaris Inc. is a drug development company specialized in oncology and endocrine therapy. The Company's product pipeline encompasses compounds at all stages of development, from drug discovery through marketed products. The priorities in oncology are its Phase III program with perifosine in multiple myeloma and its Phase II program in multiple cancers, including metastatic colon cancer, as well as Phase II program with AEZS-108 in advanced endometrial and advanced ovarian cancer combined with potential developments in other cancer indications.

Validus Holdings (NYSE:VR) has been relatively unchanged gaining 0.28% or eight cents a share to settle at $30.79 with a moderate volume of 500,000 shares compared to its average three-month volume of 555,400 shares. For the past 52 weeks the stock has been trading between $23.14 and $32.14 with a P/E ratio of 9.23 for the trailing 12 months and a market capitalization of $3 billion.

Validus Holdings, Ltd. provides reinsurance coverage in the property, marine and specialty lines markets. The Company conducts its operations worldwide through two wholly owned subsidiaries, Validus Reinsurance, Ltd. (Validus Re) and Talbot Holdings Ltd. (Talbot). The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides reinsurance coverage in the property, marine and specialty lines markets. Validus Re, the Company's principal reinsurance operating subsidiary, operates as a Bermuda-based provider of short-tail reinsurance products on a global basis.

Gammon Gold Inc. (NYSE:GRS) has lost 1% or nine cents a share to settle at $8.78 with a volume of 530,000 compared to its average three-month volume of 1.5 million shares. For the past 52 weeks the stock has been trading between $5.09 and $10.31 with a current market capitalization of $1.22 billion.

Gammon Gold Inc. (Gammon) is a mining company which is also engaged in the exploration for, and development of, gold and silver deposits in Mexico. Through its subsidiaries, the Company owns and operates the Ocampo gold-silver mine in Chihuahua State, Mexico, and the El Cubo gold-silver mine in Guanajuato State, Mexico, both of which are producing gold and silver.

Leapfrog Corp. (NYSE:LF) has lost 2.89% or $.13 a share to settle at $4.37 with a light volume of 533,000 shares compared to its average three-month volume of 882,000. For the past 52 weeks the stock has been trading between $3.58 and $7.51 with a current market capitalization of $283 million.

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