METAL PRICES — FREE MARKET (April 29, 1996)

London Metal Exchange

Spot closing prices in $US per tonne

DateApril 23 April 22April 19April 18April 17

Copper2680-2682 2663.5-2665.5 2646-26482607-26092594-2595

Lead820-822 817-818 818-819 812-814 814-815

Zinc1040-1041 1033.5-1034.51034.5-1035.51025.5-1026.51040-1041

Aluminum 1573-1574 1558-15591561-15621567.5-1568.51572.5-1573.5

Nickel8030-8040 7980-79908030-80407985-79958125-8135

Spot Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium prices

Gold … London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz.

391.75(391.45)391.00(390.70)390.90(389.90)390.50(391.30)391.10(391.40)

Gold … Bank of Nova Scotia, noon bid/ask $US per oz.

389.50/393.00390.00/394.00388.50/392.00389.50/393.00390.00/393.50

Silver … London Bullion Dealers, spot morning L/US$ per oz.

3.523/5.3283.492/5.2853.458/5.2543.532/5.3343.536/5.312

Silver … Handy & Harman, Toronto C$/New York US$ per oz.

7.412/5.3357.361/5.3007.258/5.2457.286/5.2757.318/5.310

Platinum … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz.

407.70408.00 404.00 402.00 405.80

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

136.15136.00 134.00 135.50 137.50

Exchange Rates Canadian funds. Courtesy of the Bank of Montreal Treasury Group U.S. Dollar 1.3621 1.36231.3613 1.3614 1.3564

Pound Sterling2.0645 2.05972.0651 2.0556 2.0448