Dividends (September 21, 2009)

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 Oct. 1, record close Sept 11. Hecla deferred Oct. 1 div on Series B cmltv, Series C mndtry cnvtbl and 12% cnvtbl prf.

* = US funds, ** = Australian funds, f=formula, e = estimate

Company	Div.	Pay	Record
	($)	Date	Date
Russel Metals	0.25	Sept 15	Aug 24
First Quantum	0.08	Sept 21	Aug 28
BHP Billiton	0.41*	Sept 25	Sept 4
Goldcorp	0.015*	Sept 25	Sept 18
Int’l Royalty	0.02*	Sept 28	Sept 11
Newmont Mining	0.10*	Sept 28	Sept 8
Kinross Gold	0.05	Sept 30	Sept 23
Massey Energy	0.06*	Sept 30	Sept 16
Yamana Gold`	0.01*	Oct 14	Sept 30
Cameco	0.06	Oct 15	Sept 30
Silvercorp	0.02	Oct 21	Sept 30