Dividends (December 15, 2008)

Note:

Alcoa will pay its quarterly div of US$0.9375 for US$3.75 cmltv pr sh on Jan 1, rec Dec 12. Xstrata Canada will pay $0.2863 div for pref sh series 3 on Dec 1, rec Nov 14.

Company	Div.	Pay	Record
	($)	Date	Date
Barrick	0.20*	Dec 15	Nov 28
Compass Mrls	0.335*	Dec 15	Dec 01
Yamana Gold	0.01*	Dec 15	Nov 28
Russell Metals	0.045	Dec 15	Nov 24
Goldcorp	0.015*	Dec 19	Dec 11
Sherritt Int’l	0.036	Jan 14	Dec 31
Cameco	0.06	Jan 15	Dec 31
Royal Gold	0.08*	Jan 16	Jan 02
Silvercorp	0.02	Jan 21	Dec 31