Articles by Northern Miner Staff

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date April 28 April 25 April 24 April 23 April 22 US$ in C$ 1.0160 1.0164 1.0132 1.0195 1.0033 C$ in US$ 0.9843 0.9839 0.9810 0.980…

as of 9 a. m. ET, April 22, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 3.75 Target overnight rate 3.00 Canadian Prime 5.25 U. S. Discount Primary 2.50 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 2.25 U. S. Prime …

Note: Xstrata will pay its pref sh series 3 div of $0.2862 on June 2, rec May 15. Vale will pay $0.52* on common and pr sh to be paid in two installments on Apr 30 and Oct 31. Alcoa will pay $0.9367* …

(100s) WEEK 12-MONTH STOCK TICKER VOLUME HIGH LOW LAST CHANGE HIGH LOW Alliance Mining AMCL 200 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.00 0.23 0.085 Avanti Mining AVMI 30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.00…

52-week Date April 28 April 25 April 24 April 23 April 22 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2483.17 2489.20 2479.10 2516.92 2557.48 3372.00 2340.21 TSX Composite 14085.85 14103.87 1396…

Date April 28 April 25 April 24 April 23 April 22 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2715/2750 2710/2730 2785/2808 2805/2830 2…

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$5,950/t.

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Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, April 29, 2008 (change from April 22 in brackets):

VANCOUVER — The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index lost ground over the April 22-28 trading session, closing down 76.65 points at 2483.17. Daily trading volumes were up slightly from the third week …

The TSX Composite Index finished the Apr. 22-28 period down 235.31 points at 14,085.85, with the key culprit being seen as investors taking profits from the recent big gains in stocks within the agric…

Stock markets in the U. S. were up during the April 22 -April 28 trading session, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbing 47 points, or 0.4%, to 12872; the Standard & Poor’s 500 index risin…