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COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$4,950/t.

Date Aug. 31 Aug. 28 Aug. 27 Aug. 26 Aug. 25 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy Holiday 1720/1750 1680/1710 1695/1760 1690/172…

52-week Date Aug. 31 Aug. 28 Aug. 27 Aug. 26 Aug. 25 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1175.24 1188.71 1182.15 1186.09 1183.67 1983.64 678.62 TSX Composite 10868.21 10977.97 10933.96 10912.17 10920.53…

Short positions outstanding at Aug 15/09 (with changes from July 31/09).

Short positions outstanding at Aug 15/09 (with changes from July 31/09).

*as of June 30/09

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Aug. 31 Aug. 28 Aug. 27 Aug. 26 Aug. 25 US$ in C$ 1.0967 1.0879 1.0960 1.0991 1.0782 C$ in US$ 0.9118 0.9192 0.9124 0.9098 0…

as of 9 a. m. ET. Sept 1, 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 …

Note: Vale will pay $0.4795 for common and prf class A shares on Oct 30. Norilsk Nickel plans to pay div of more than 25% of net profit H1 2009. Alcoa will pay US93.75 cents per share on its US$3.75 c…

Australia (A$) Sept 1 Aug 25 Change Aquila Resources 6.92 6.55 0.37 Bendigo Mining 0.23 0.23 0.00 Centennial Coal 3.34 3.49 -0.15 Fortescue Res 4.30 4.46 -0.16 Iluka …

VANCOUVER — Just over three years ago, when producers and explorers operating in Mongolia were slammed with a 68% windfall tax on copper and gold profits, their share prices tanked. Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N), for example, which is advancing…