METAL PRICES — FREE MARKET (February 20, 1995)

London Metal Exchange

Spot closing prices in $US per tonne Date Feb. 14 Feb. 13 Feb. 10 Feb. 9 Feb. 8

Copper 2908-2909 2904-2905 2875-2876 2855-2856 2811-2812

Lead 536-537 555-566 575-577 575-576 561-562

Zinc 986.5-987.5 1012-1013 1012.5-1013.5 1012.5-1013.5 1003-1004 Aluminum1843-1844 1893.5-1894.5 1912-1913 1893.5-1894.5 1830-1832 Nickel 8275-8285 8355-8365 8340-8450 8190-8200 7865-7875

Spot Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium prices

Gold … London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. 376.00(376.00) 376.50(376.60) 376.40(376.40) 376.00(376.85) 374.80(374.60) Gold … Bank of Nova Scotia, noon bid/ask $US per oz.

374.50-378.00 373.00-376.50 375.00-378.50 374.50-378.00 373.50-377.00 Silver … London Bullion Dealers, spot morning pence (US cents) per oz. 305.10(474.50) 302.90(473.70) 305.80(476.10) 304.30(473.00) 300.80(466.70) Silver … Handy & Harman, Toronto (New York) cents per oz.

666.10(474.00) 661.30(469.50) 668.70(475.00) 667.00(475.00) 653.70(466.00) Platinum … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 414.25 413.00 414.00 413.50 412.00

Palladium … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 159.25 159.50 159.75 159.50 158.75

Exchange Rates Canadian funds. Courtesy of the Bank of Montreal Treasury Group U.S. Dollar 1.4017 1.4015 1.4020 1.3982 1.3958

Pound Sterling2.1902 2.1905 2.1913 2.1777 2.1677