METALS PRICES (March 21, 1994)

FREE MARKET

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne

Date Mar. 15 Mar. 14 Mar. 11 Mar. 10 Mar. 9

Lead 453-454 449.00-450.00 462.50-463.50 442.50-443.50 439-440 Zinc 929-930 930.50-931.50 938-939 927.50-928.50 917-918

Aluminum 1272.50-1273.50 1272.50-1273.50 1275.50-1277.50 1262-1263 1250-1252 Nickel 5530-5535 5495-5505 5555-5565 5395-5405 5370-5380

Spot Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium prices

Gold … London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. 387.10(386.25) 386.50(386.30) 386.65(387.10) 380.50(379.05) 375.30(376.25) Gold … Bank of Nova Scotia, noon bid/ask $US per oz.

385.00-388.50 385.00-388.50 384.00-387.50 384.50-380.50 376.50-380.00 Silver … London Bullion Dealers, spot morning pence (US cents) per oz. 365.50(545.00) 358.90(536.80) 363.80(544.50) 353.30(529.80) 349.60(521.50) Silver … Handy & Harman, Toronto (New York) cents per oz.

743.30(543.00) 746.50(547.00) 738.00(540.00) 730.40(536.00) 717.10(528.50) Platinum … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 403.50 403.00 404.50 400.00 396.00

Palladium … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 133.50 133.00 135.00 133.25 133.00

Exchange Rates Canadian funds. Courtesy of the Bank of Montreal Treasury Group U.S. Dollar 1.3642 1.3613 1.3625 1.3570 1.3545

Pound Sterling 2.0340 2.0362 2.0438 2.0402 2.0270