METAL PRICES (December 23, 1991)

London Metal Exchange

Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne)

Date Dec 17 Dec 16 Dec 13 Dec 12 Dec 11

Copper 1191-1192 1187-1188 1193-1195 1209-1211 1212-1213

Lead 289-290 285-286 290-291 295-296 296-297

Zinc 1154-1155 1155-1157 1141-1143 1201-1203 1210-1212

Aluminum 1110-1111 1096-1097 1097-1098 1100-1101 1090-1091

Nickel 7120-7125 7100-7110 7100-7110 7100-7105 7125-7135

Spot Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium prices

Gold … London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. 357.40(357.10) 359.65(360.05) 359.05(358.90) 359.50(366.10) 366.50(367.70) Gold … Bank of Nova Scotia, noon bid/ask $US per oz.

356.00-359.00 358.00-361.00 357.00-360.00 357.00-360.00 365.00-368.00 Silver … London Bullion Dealers, spot morning pence (US cents) per oz. 211.20(385.40) 212.60(387.10) 212.90(385.50) 222.40(400.50) 222.40(400.50) Silver … Handy & Harman, Toronto (New York) cents per oz.

437.90(383.50) 439.60(382.50) 438.50(382.00) 437.90(389.50) 446.00(389.00) Platinum … Guardian Trust, Interbank closing $US per oz.

346.00 355.00 355.00 360.00 367.00

Palladium … Guardian Trust, Interbank closing $US per oz.

82.00 82.00 82.00 82.00 84.00

Exchange Rates Canadian funds. Courtesy of the Bank of Montreal Treasury Group U.S. Dollar 1.1462 1.1430 1.1427 1.1427 1.1406

Pound Sterling 2.0941 2.0860 2.0746 2.0649 2.0628