METAL PRICES (January 24, 2000)

BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange-Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Date	Jan. 18	Jan. 17	Jan. 14	Jan. 13	Jan. 12
Aluminium	1686/1697	1667/1677	1641/1660	1643/1663.50	1631/1655
Al Alloy	1415/1458	1381.50/1427	1373/1414.50	1372/1412	1371/1414
Copper	1845.50/1883	1844.50/1882	1846.50/1884	1856/1896	1824/1864
Lead	466/482	467/484.50	474/490.50	480/496	482/496
Nickel	8070/8170	8125/8230	8140/8230	8110/8250	8130/8220
Tin	5850/5910	5880/5940	5860/5915	5890/5940	5895/5950
Zinc	1171/1194.50	1179/1200	1191/1212	1202/1222	1186/1210
PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)
Gold AM	286.85	284.90	284.15	282.20	282.25
Gold PM	285.80	285.35	283.30	282.10	282.25
Silver	5.1300	5.1250	5.0900	5.0900	5.1450
Platinum	434.00	433.00	429.00	423.00	421.00
Palladium	436.00	438.00	439.00	440.00	448.00
Exchange Rates
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
Date	Jan. 18	Jan. 17	Jan. 14	Jan. 13	Jan. 12
US$ in C$	1.4501	1.4508	1.4547	1.4494	1.4547
C$ in US$	0.6896	0.6893	0.6874	0.6899	0.6874
EXCHANGE RATES (Bank of Canada, Jan. 18)
Currency	Austl $	Euro	Japan	SA Rand	UK
In C$	0.9634	1.4678	0.01375	0.2383	2.3753
In US$	0.6644	1.0122	0.00948	0.1643	1.6380