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VOLUME WEEK (000s) HIGH LOW CLOSE CHANGE Alcoa* AA 75927 14.50 13.94 14.46 + 0.21 Hecla Mining* HL 58081 11.30 10.27 10.57 -0.11 Silver Wheatn* SLW 39020 40.24 36.26 37.35 …

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Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec 13, 2010 (change from Dec. 6 in brackets):

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$10,100/t.

Date Dec. 13 Dec. 10 Dec. 9 Dec. 8 Dec. 7 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange –Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2270/2235 2265/2220 2275/2240 2240/2210 2240/2215 …

Featured Fund: TD Presious Metals as of 08/31/10 (in weighted order): Goldcorp, Kinross Gold, Barrick Gold, Agnico-Eagle Mines, Romarco Minerals, Freeport McMoran, Osisko Mining, Semafo, Silver Wheato…

52-week Date Dec. 13 Dec. 10 Dec. 9 Dec. 8 Dec. 7 High Low TSX Composite 13295.86 13239.47 13166.94 13152.00 13250.67 13376.60 10990.41 S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2130.75 2124.30 2108.99 2098.84 2117.21…

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

Short positions outstanding at Nov. 30/10 (with changes from Nov. 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 …