Dividends (September 11, 2006)

Company	Div.($)	Pay Date	Record Date
Russel Metals	0.40	Sep 15	Aug 16
Noranda Incm Fd	0.085	Sep 25	Aug 31
Newmont Mng	0.10*	Sep 28	Sep 7
Newmont Mng	0.1141	Sep 28	Sep 7
Freeport McM cmn	0.075*	Sep 29	Sep 14
Alcoa pr3.75	0.9375*	Oct 1	Sep 8
Coeur d’Al prB	0.875*	Oct 1	Sep 14
Royal Gold	0.055*	Oct 20	Oct 6

Note: Russel Metals is raising its quarterly div 14% to 40, beginning with Sep 15 div. Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold is paying a supplemental div of US$0.75 per common div to be paid Sep 29.

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