FREE MARKET (December 30, 1991)

London Metal Exchange

Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne)

Date Dec 24 Dec 23 Dec 20 Dec 19 Dec 18

Copper NA 1149-1151 1168-1169 1185-1186 1183-1184

Lead NA 289-290 283-284 287-288 285-287

Zinc NA 1170-1174 1172-1174 1160-1165 1140-1141

AluminumNA 1111-1112 1109-1110 1105-1106 1104-1105

Nickel NA 7185-7195 7150-7160 7212-7215 7141-7143

Spot Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium prices

Gold … London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. NA 359.65(359.20) 358.30(356.25) 358.90(357.50) 357.90(357.50) Gold … Bank of Nova Scotia, noon bid/ask $US per oz.

NA 358.00-361.00 357.00-360.00 357.00-360.00 357.00-360.00

Silver … London Bullion Dealers, spot morning pence (US cents) per oz. NA 207.30(389.00) 208.20(382.30) 211.00(385.40) 212.40(388.50) Silver … Handy & Harman, Toronto (New York) cents per oz.

NA 451.20(387.00) 446.30(384.50) 447.20(382.50) 440.80(382.50) Platinum … Guardian Trust, Interbank closing $US per oz.

NA 341.00 341.00 345.00 342.00

Palladium … Guardian Trust, Interbank closing $US per oz.

NA 79.00 78.00 81.00 80.00

Exchange Rates Canadian funds. Courtesy of the Bank of Montreal Treasury Group U.S. Dollar NA 1.1590 1.1560 1.1560 1.1471

Pound Sterling NA 2.1741 2.1478 2.1209 2.0980