METAL PRICES — FREE MARKET (August 02, 1993)

London Metal Exchange

Spot closing prices in $US per tonne (copper and lead are no longer reported in pounds sterling per tonne)

Date July 27 July 26 July 23 July 22 July 21

Copper 1949-1959 1925-1926 1910-1911 1909-1910 1896-1897

Lead 391-392 390-392 390-391 392-393 389-390

Zinc 915-916 923-924 921-922 926-927 936-937

Aluminum1196-1197 1196-1197 1206-1207 1198-1199 1197-1198

Nickel 4865-4870 4825-4835 4850-4860 4845-4855 4880-4885

Spot Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium prices

Gold … London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. 393.60(392.35) 389.75(391.75) 392.60(391.30) 389.00(389.15) 391.60(392.40) Gold … Bank of Nova Scotia, noon bid/ask $US per oz.

389.00-393.50 390.50-394.00 388.00-391.50 388.50-392.00 388.00-391.50 Silver … London Bullion Dealers, spot morning pence (US cents) per oz. 341.40(510.50) 330.60(496.70) 335.80(503.80) 336.50(493.80) 332.60(505.00) Silver … Handy & Harman, Toronto (New York) cents per oz.

653.40(507.00) 653.20(509.00) 646.40(503.00) 635.90(495.00) 643.00(501.50) Platinum … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 406.60 407.00 404.00 403.50 401.00

Palladium … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 139.50 139.50 138.50 138.50 137.00

Exchange Rates Canadian funds. Courtesy of the Bank of Montreal Treasury Group U.S. Dollar 1.2833 1.2809 1.2805 1.2805 1.2762

Pound Sterling 1.9108 1.9239 1.9265 1.9380 1.9341