Dividends (August 27, 2007)

Company	Div.($)	Pay Date	Record Date
Alcoa	0.17*	Aug 25	Aug 3
Goldcorp	0.015*	Aug 24	Aug 17
Noranda IF	0.085	Aug 27	July 31
Cleveland Cliffs	0.125*	Sept 4	Aug 15
Xstrata	0.2863	Sept 4	Aug 15
First Quantum	0.24	Sept 19	Aug 29
Arch Coal	0.07*	Sept 14	Aug 31
Alcan	0.20*	Sept 20	Aug 20
Newmont	0.1044	Sept 28	Sept 7
Xstrata	0.40625	Oct 1	Sept 14
Hecla Mining	0.875*	Oct 1	Sept 14
CVRD	0.683*	Oct 31	Jan 23

Note: Xstrata will pay its preferred shares, series 2 floating rate dividend on Aug 13 and Sept. 12 with record dates of July 31 and Aug 31 respectively.

Alcoa will pay 0.9375* per share on its $3.75* cumulative preferred stock on Oct 1, close Sept 14

* = U.S. funds, f = formula, e = estimate