Dividends (December 17, 2007)

Company	Div($.($)	Pay Date	Record Date
Barrick Gold	0.15*	Dec 17	Nov 30
Goldcorp	0.015	Dec 28	Dec 21
Newmont Mining	0.10*	Dec 28	Dec 7
Hecla Mining	0.875*	Jan 1	Dec 14
Fording Cdn Coal	0.53	Jan 15	Dec 31
Sherritt Int’l	0.036	Jan 16	Dec 28
Potash Corp of Sask	0.10*	Feb 11	Jan 21
Agnico Eagle	0.18	Mar 28	Mar 14

Note:

Alcoa will pay 0.9375* per share on its $3.75* cumulative preferred stock on Jan 1, record date Dec 14.

* = U.S. funds, ** = Mexican funds, f = formula, e = estimate