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Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec 6, 2010 (change from Nov. 29 in brackets):

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

Daily Metal Prices Date Dec. 6 Dec. 3 Dec. 2 Dec. 1 Nov. 30 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange –Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2220/2185 2240/2210 2210/2180 2190…

” Featured Fund: Sprott Gold and Precious Metals as of 08/31/10 (in weighted order): Silver Wheaton, Barrick Gold, Guyana Goldfields, Orvana Minerals, Kinross Gold, Osisko Mining, Wesdome Gold Mines, …

52-week Date Dec. 6 Dec. 3 Dec. 2 Dec. 1 Nov. 30 High Low TSX Composite 13276.01 13178.95 13163.53 13148.35 12952.88 13276.01 10990.41 S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2127.73 2109.93 2095.74 2087.16 2072.44…

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…

Metal lease rates from www.kitco.com

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 …

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Dec 6 Dec 3 Dec 2 Dec 1 Nov 30 US$ in C$ 1.0058 1.0060 1.0046 1.016 1.0264 C$ in US$ 0.9942 0.9940 0.9954 0.9843 0.9743 EXCH…