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Note: Alcoa will pay its quarterly div of US$0.9375 for US$3.75 cmltv pr sh on Jan 1, rec Dec 12. Company Div. Pay Record ($)…

Short positions outstanding at Dec. 15/08 (with changes from Nov. 30/08).

52-week Date Dec. 22 Dec. 19 Dec. 18 Dec. 17 Dec. 16 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 692.02 699.04 700.45 723.46 723.46 2886.39 678.62 TSX Composite 8249.53 8552.00 8425.35 8724.11…

PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$4,350 /t.

Spot Prices COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008 Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $846.00 +12.50 Silver $10.70 +0.20 Platinum $855.00 +22.00 Palladium $173.00 -2.00…

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 23, 2008 (change from Dec. 16 in brackets):

Over the trading session covering Dec. 19-22, the S&P/TSX Venture composite index lost 8.43 points to close at 692.02. Daily trading volumes were good, averaging out to 109 million.

Over the abbreviated Dec. 19-22 trading session, it looked like Santa Claus wouldn’t be coming to the Toronto Stock Exchange this year. The S&P/TSX composite index fell 175.82 points, or 2.1%, to …

U. S. stock markets drifted down during the shortened Dec. 19-22 trading session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 85 points, or 1%, to 8,520; the S&P 500 index lost 14 points, or 1.5%, to 87…

Atna Resources — David Watkins appointed executive chairman and has stepped down as CEO; James Hesketh appointed CEO and remains president.

The following is the second part of an open letter to The Honourable Dwight Duncan, Ontario’s minister of finance, from Chris Hodgson, president of the Ontario Mining Association, outlining the OMA’s …