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Date Oct. 12 Oct. 9 Oct. 8 Oct. 7 Oct. 6 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1701/1750 1690/1720 1675/1705 1680/1700 1661/1710 …

VANCOUVER — A prefeasibility study for Bayswater Uranium’s (BAY-V, BYSWF-O) newly acquired Reno Creek project indicates a small mine at the Nevada project could provide a strong rate of return.

52-week Date Oct. 12 Oct. 9 Oct. 8 Oct. 7 Oct. 6 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1307.50 1307.50 1306.18 1289.82 1281.40 1308.78 678.62 TSX Composite 11436.92 11436.92 11484.51 11349.88 11247.97…

The World Steel Association is forecasting that apparent steel use will contract worldwide by 8.6% to 1,104 million tonnes in 2009 after declining by 1.4% in 2008.

Short positions outstanding at Sept. 30/09 (with changes from Sept. 15/09).

Gold prices are typically strong in September and October as Western goldsmiths and jewellers stock up on inventory needed for the flurry of jewelry giving over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.

Short positions outstanding at Sept. 30/09 (with changes from Sept. 15/09).

Note: Vale will pay $0.4795 for common and prf class A shares on Oct 30. Alcoa will pay US93.75 cents per share on its US$3.75 cmltv prf stk payable Jan 1, record close Dec 11.

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Oct. 12 Oct. 9 Oct. 8 Oct. 7 Oct. 6 US$ in C$ Holiday 1.0424 1.0535 1.0619 1.0571 C$ in US$ Holiday 0.9593 0.9492 0.9417 0.9…

*as of Sept. 30/09

as of 5 p. m. ET. Oct 13, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U. S. Discount Primary 0.50 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U. S. Prime …

Australia (A$) Oct. 13 Oct. 5 Change Aquila Resources 7.48 7.05 0.43 Bendigo Mining 0.25 0.24 0.01 Centennial Coal 3.35 3.12 0.23 Fortescue Res 3.90 3.59 0.31 Iluka R…