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Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Sep. 3, 2007 (change from Aug. 27 in brackets):

Antimony : Mid-mkt US$5,440/t.

BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)

Courtesy of Scotiabank

Short positions outstanding at August 15/07 (with changes from July 30/07).

Short positions outstanding at August 15/07 (with changes from July 30/07).

Date Sep. 3 Aug. 31 Aug. 30 Aug. 29 Aug. 28 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp Holiday 2647.81 2586.00 2589.46 2562.93 3372.00 2291.43 TSX Composite Holiday 13660.48 13444.63 13490.12 13264.87 14646.82…

STOCK TICKER VOLUME(100s) HIGH LOW LAST CHANGE HIGH LOW Avanti Mining AVMI 100 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.00 0.50 0.50 Bison Gold Exp BGEI 5 0.15 0.15 0.15 + 0.03 0.60…

Fund name Aug. 27($) Aug. 20($) Change($) Change(%) YTD(%) MER*(%) Assets*(M$) AGF Pr Mtl 25.64 24.75 0.89 3.6 -4.2 2.61 615.8 Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 11.22 10.71 0.51 4.8…

as of 9 a.m. ET, August 31, 2007 (%) Bank of Canada 4.50 Target overnight rate 4.50 Canadian Prime 6.25 U.S. Discount Primary 5.75 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 5.25…

Australia (A$) Aug 31 Aug 13 Change Bendigo Mining 0.29 0.32 -0.03 Centamin Egypt 1.25 1.25 0.00 Emperor Mines 0.07 0.10 -0.03 Kingsgate Cons. 4.60 5.00 -0.40 Lion Selection Ltd…

Company Div.($) Pay Date Record Date Cleveland Cliffs 0.125* Sept 4 Aug 15 Xstrata 0.2863 Sept 4 Aug 15 First Quantum 0.24 Sept 19 Aug 29 Arch Coal 0.07* Sept…