London Metal Exchange — Metal prices

Spot closing prices in $US per tonne

Date Oct 18 Oct 17 Oct 14 Oct 13 Oct 12 Copper 2485.5-2486.5 2481-2482 2483-2485 2490-2491 2511-2513 Lead 643.5-644.5 640-641 641.5-642.5 634-635 634.5-635.5

Zinc 1054-1055 1053.5-1054.5 1044-1045 1045-1046 1044.5-1045.5 Aluminum1713-1714 1698.5-1699.5 1691-1692 1654-1655 1636.5-1637.5 Nickel 6580-6590 6555-6560 6570-6580 6585-6595 6590-6600

Spot Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium prices

Gold … London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. 389.75(390.00) 388.95(389.00) 387.45(387.10) 387.25(388.85) 387.90(388.20) Gold … Bank of Nova Scotia, noon bid/ask $US per oz.

388.00-391.50 388.00-391.50 385.50-389.00 384.50-388.00 386.50-390.00 Silver … London Bullion Dealers, spot morning pence (US cents) per oz. 336.10(541.40) 335.50(539.30) 347.90(550.80) 347.90(550.80) 348.30(550.80) Silver … Handy & Harman, Toronto (New York) cents per oz.

730.90(537.50) 733.80(539.00) 730.30(557.50) 723.40(534.50) 759.10(561.50) Platinum … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 418.00 417.50 414.50 413.50 415.50

Palladium … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 156.25 156.50 154.00 153.00 152.50

Exchange Rates Canadian funds. Courtesy of the Bank of Montreal Treasury Group U.S. Dollar 1.3537 1.3550 1.3544 1.3507 1.3465

Pound Sterling2.1828 2.1826 2.1589 2.1469 2.1302