DIVIDENDS (November 10, 2008)

Note:

Vale will pay $0.52* on common and pr sh in two instlmnts on Apr 30 and Oct 31. Alcoa will pay its quarterly div of US$0.9375 for US$3.75 cmltv pr sh on Jan 1, rec Dec 12. Xstrata Canada will $0.2863 div for pr sh series 3 on Dec 1, rec Nov 14

Company	Div.	Pay	Record
	($)	Date	Date
Vale	0.30	Nov 07	Oct 23
Potash Corp	0.01*	Nov 10	Oct 20
Yamana Gold	0.01*	Nov 14	Oct 31
Goldcorp	0.015	Nov 24	Nov 14
Alcoa	0.17*	Nov 25	Nov 07
US Steel	0.30*	Dec 10	Nov 12
Barrick	0.20*	Dec 15	Nov 28