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Daily Metal Prices Date Mar. 2 Feb. 27 Feb. 26 Feb. 25 Feb. 24 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1121/1160 1108/1146 1116/1160 …

52-week Date Mar. 2 Feb. 27 Feb. 26 Feb. 25 Feb. 24 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 828.24 861.66 862.81 854.97 853.59 2810.46 678.62 TSX Composite 7687.51 8123.02 8186.82 7932.30 7859.33…

Short positions outstanding at Feb. 15/09 (with changes from Jan. 31/09). Largest short positions Silvermet SYI 947000 537000 Gold Wheaton Gold GLW. WT 878145 -435400 Soltoro SOL …

as of 9 a. m. ET. March 3, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.75 Target overnight rate 0.50 Canadian Prime 3.00 U. S. Discount Primary 0.50 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U. S. Prime 3….

Short positions outstanding at Feb. 15/09 (with changes from Jan. 31/09).

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Mar. 2 Feb. 27 Feb. 26 Feb. 25 Feb. 24 US$ in C$ 1.2890 1.2707 1.2456 1.2556 1.2470 C$ in US$ 0.7758 0.7870 0.8028 0.7694 0….

Featured Fund: BMO precious metals as of 12/31/08 (in weighted order): Kinross Gold, Allied Nevada Gold, Agnico-Eagle Mines, Goldcorp, Red Back Mining, San Gold, Quadra Mining, Franco-Nevada, Lihir Go…

Note: Alcoa will pay $0.9375* on its $3.75* cmltv pr sh on Apr 1, rec Mar 13. Vale will payu $0.4795 for all shares on Apr 30 and Oct 30. Yamana Gold will pay US$0.01* per share every quarter. Anglo A…

Australia (A$) March 3 Feb 24 Change Bendigo Mining 0.21 0.22 -0.01 Kingsgate Cons. 4.93 4.87 0.06 Lion Selection Ltd 0.80 0.93 -0.13 Newcrest Mining 31.53 32.98 -1.45 …