DIVIDENDS (October 06, 2008)

Note:

Vale will pay $0.52* on common and pr sh in two instlmnts on Apr 30 and Oct 31. Alcoa will pay its quarterly div of US$0.9375 for US$3.75 cmltv pr sh on Oct 1, rec Sept 12 and Jan 1, rec Dec 12. Xstrata Canada will $0.2863 div for pr sh series 3 on Dec 1, rec Nov 14. On Oct. 1 Hecla Mining will pay its 6.5% mndtry, cnvtb pr stock at US$1.625 per sh. Each holder will receive 0.3092 Hecla sh per cnvtb sh.

Company	Div.	Pay	Record
	($)	Date	Date
Kinross Gold	0.04*	Sept 30	Sept 23
Sherritt Int	0.036	Oct 14	Sept 30
Yamana Gold	0.01*	Oct 14	Sept 30
Silvercorp	0.02	Oct 21	Sept 30
Noranda Inc F	0.085	Oct 27	Sept 30
Potash Corp	0.01*	Nov 10	Oct 20
Alcoa	0.17*	Nov 25	Nov 7