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The following is an excerpt from the Conference Board of Canada’s report: “Saskatchewan in the spotlight: acquisition of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. — risks and opportunities,” which relates to…

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Oct. 11, 2010 (change from Oct. 4 in brackets):

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$9,900.00/t.

Date Oct. 11 Oct. 8 Oct. 7 Oct. 6 Oct. 5 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange –Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2250/2210 2205/2165 2170/2170 2250/2210 2245/2215 A…

52-week Date Oct. 11 Oct. 8 Oct. 7 Oct. 6 Oct. 5 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp Holiday 1784.88 1765.76 1774.06 1768.03 1788.87 1263.41 TSX Composite Holiday 12535.59 12445.93 12501.72 12498.00…

Short positions outstanding at Sept. 30/10 (with changes from Sept. 15/10).

*as of Aug. 31/10

Short positions outstanding at Sept. 30/10 (with changes from Sept. 15/10).

Note: Vale will pay $0.24* per outstanding common or prf sh on Oct 20. Alcoa will pay a $0.9375* div on it $3.75* cmltv pr stock on Oct 1, rec Sept 10. Franco-Nevada monthly div of 0.025 starting in J…

as of 9 a.m. ET. Aug. 23, 2010 (%) Bank of Canada 1.00 Target overnight rate 0.75 Canadian Prime 2.75 U.S. Discount Primary 0.75 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3….

Australia (A$) Aug 24 Aug 17 Change Aquila Resources 8.3 8.69 -0.39 Bendigo Mining 0.18 0.18 0.00 Centennial Coal 6.03 6.04 -0.01 Fortescue Res 4.50 4.56 -0.06 Iluka …

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Oct 11 Oct 8 Oct 7 Oct 6 Oct 5 US$ in C$ Holiday 1.0136 1.0166 1.0073 1.0168 C$ in US$ Holiday 0.9866 0.9837 0.9928 0.9835 E…