Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Date Oct. 26 Oct. 23 Oct. 22 Oct. 21 Oct. 20 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1715/1745 1720/1750 1695/1730 1651/1695 1691/1…

52-week Date Oct. 26 Oct. 23 Oct. 22 Oct. 21 Oct. 20 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1305.95 1333.91 1334.19 1342.59 1339.59 1348.85 678.62 TSX Composite 11234.88 11382.13 11533.37 11442.02 11538.22…

Short positions outstanding at Oct. 15/09 (with changes from Sept. 30/09).

Short positions outstanding at Oct. 15/09 (with changes from Sept. 30/09).

*as of Sept. 30/09

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Oct. 26 Oct. 23 Oct. 22 Oct. 21 Oct. 20 US$ in C$ 1.0616 1.0508 1.0485 1.0412 1.0500 C$ in US$ 0.9420 0.9517 0.9537 0.9604 0…

Note:Vale will pay $0.4795 for common and prf class A shares on Oct 30. Alcoa will pay US93.75 cents per share on its US$3.75 cmltv prf stk payable Jan 1, record close Dec 11. Freeport McMoRan Copper …

as of 5 p. m. ET. Oct. 27, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U. S. Discount Primary 0.50 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U. S. Prime …

Australia (A$) Oct. 27 Oct. 20 Change Aquila Resources 7.66 7.6 0.06 Bendigo Mining 0.22 0.25 -0.03 Centennial Coal 3.13 3.32 -0.19 Fortescue Res 3.90 4.03 -0.13 Iluk…