Dividends (September 24, 2007)

Company	Div.($)	Pay Date	Record Date
Noranda	0.085	Sept 25	Aug 31
Newmont	0.10*	Sept 28	Sept 6
Goldcorp	0.015*	Sept 28	Sept 21
Xstrata	0.40625	Oct 1	Sept 14
Hecla Mining	0.875*	Oct 1	Sept 14
Silvercorp	0.15	Oct 21	Sept 17
Alcoa	0.17	Nov 25	Nov 2

Note:

Newmont Canada will pay 0.1044 per share on its exchangeable shares on Sept 28, record date Sept 6.

Alcoa will pay 0.9375* per share on its $3.75* cumulative preferred stock on Oct 1, record date Sept 14 and on Jan 1, record date Dec 14.

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