Dividends (December 05, 2005)

Company	Div.($)	Pay Date	Record Date
Arch Coal	0.08*	Dec 14	Dec 2
Inmet Mining	0.10	Dec 15	Nov 30
Barrick Gold	0.11*	Dec 15	Nov 30
Newmont Min	0.10*	Dec 20	Dec 1
Noranda Inc Fd	0.085	Dec 28	Nov 30
Freep McMo cm	0.50*	Dec 30	Dec 15
Teck Comc A&B	0.40	Dec 30	Dec 15
Aur Res	0.15	Jan 1	Dec 1
Alcoa $3.75pr	0.9375*	Jan 1	Dec 14
Sherritt Intl	0.025	Jan 16	Dec 30
Cleve Clf 3.25pr	8.125*	Jan 16	Jan 1
Royal Gold	0.055*	Jan 20	Jan 6
Potash C Sask	0.15*	Feb 13	Jan 23

Note:Royal Gold is raising its annual div 10% to US22.

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