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Relatively High Upside Potential Detected in Shares of Mountain Province Diamonds in the Precious Metals & Minerals Industry (MDM, PAL, ECUXF, SSRI, CDE)

Below are the top five companies in the Precious Metals & Minerals industry as measured by the potential gains between the current stock price and the projected average analyst target.

Mountain Province Diamonds (AMEX:MDM) has a potential upside of 97.9% based on a current price of $2.37 and an average consensus analyst price target of $4.69.

North American Palladium (AMEX:PAL) has a potential upside of 64.9% based on a current price of $3.25 and an average consensus analyst price target of $5.36.

ECU Silver Mining (NASDAQ:ECUXF) has a potential upside of 64.1% based on a current price of $0.6 and an average consensus analyst price target of $0.98.

Silver Standard Resources (NASDAQ:SSRI) has a potential upside of 48.4% based on a current price of $18.45 and an average consensus analyst price target of $27.37.

Coeur d'Alene Mines (NYSE:CDE) has a potential upside of 48.1% based on a current price of $14.27 and an average consensus analyst price target of $21.13.

SmarTrend is bearish on shares of PAL and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on May 05, 2010 at $4.04. The stock has fallen 19.6% since the alert was issued.