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COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010 Precious Metals Price ( US$/oz.) Change Gold $1375.00 +14.00 Silver $27.13 -0.18 Platinum $1651.00 -11.00 Palladium $697.00 +12.00 Base Me…

In a scenario long plotted out by gold bugs, there was another geopolitical shift in the use of the U.S. dollar and gold as financial instruments over the week.

Asia Now Resources — Lieng-Seng Wee resigned as a director; Chan Wing Kwong (commonly known as Wing Chan), John Lee Luen Wai, Alex Tjokrorahardjo and Ng Tai Chiu appointed directors.

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Nov. 29, 2010 (change from Nov. 22 in brackets):

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$10,100/t.

Daily Metal Prices Date Nov. 29 Nov. 26 Nov. 25 Nov. 24 Nov. 23 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange –Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2220/2190 2200/2170 2210/2180 …

52-week Date Nov. 29 Nov. 26 Nov. 25 Nov. 24 Nov. 23 High Low TSX Composite 12895.65 12892.71 12945.81 12901.99 12793.75 13114.05 10990.41 S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2050.80 2057.00 2049.01 2023.58 2001.52…

Short positions outstanding at Nov. 15/10 (with changes from Oct. 31/10).

*as of Sept. 30/10

Short positions outstanding at Nov. 15/10 (with changes from Oct. 31/10).

Note: Vale will pay $0.24* per outstanding common or prf sh on Oct 20. Alcoa will pay a $0.9375* div on it $3.75* cmltv pr stock on Oct 1, rec Sept 10. Franco-Nevada monthly div of 0.025 starting in J…

as of 9 a.m. ET. Aug. 23, 2010 (%) Bank of Canada 1.00 Target overnight rate 0.75 Canadian Prime 2.75 U.S. Discount Primary 0.75 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3….