Metal Prices — FREE MARKET (March 22, 1993)

London Metal Exchange

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

Date Mar. 16 Mar. 15 Mar. 12 Mar. 11 Mar. 10

Copper 1491-1492 1508-1509 1520-1521 1499-1501 1490-1491

Lead 272-273 278-279 280-281 284-285 289-290

Zinc 994-995 998-999 1008-1009 1003-1004 998-999

Aluminum1144-1145 1144-1145 1151-1152 1151-1152 1148-1149

Nickel 5875-5878 5895-5905 5960-5970 5980-5990 5975-5985

Spot Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium prices

Gold … London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. 329.00(329.00) 328.00(327.90) 327.00(326.50) 326.90(326.65) 326.10(326.50) Gold … Bank of Nova Scotia, noon bid/ask $US per oz.

327.00-330.50 326.00-329.50 325.00-328.50 325.00-328.50 325.00-328.50 Silver … London Bullion Dealers, spot morning pence (US cents) per oz. 252.60(365.00) 253.00(362.50) 254.00(364.00) 246.70(357.30) 248.80(357.00) Silver … Handy & Harman, Toronto (New York) cents per oz.

460.10(366.00) 456.80(364.50) 453.80(363.00) 445.40(356.50) 449.20(358.50) Platinum … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 349.00 353.00 353.00 350.00 345.50

Palladium … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 105.00 106.50 107.50 107.50 104.00

Exchange Rates Canadian funds. Courtesy of the Bank of Montreal Treasury Group U.S. Dollar 1.2520 1.2480 1.2444 1.2473 1.2447

Pound Sterling 1.8135 1.7908 1.7830 1.7849 1.7849