METAL PRICES — FREE MARKET (October 31, 1994)

London Metal Exchange

Spot closing prices in $US per tonne Date Oct 25 Oct 24 Oct 21 Oct 20 Oct 19

Copper 2582-2583 2560-2562 2552-2553 2585.5-2586.5 2542-2543 Lead 644.5-645.5 646.5-647.5 650.5-651.5 653-654 646-647

Zinc 1065.5-1066.5 1061-1062 1067-1068 1071-1072 1063-1063.5 Aluminum1716.5-1717.5 1718-1719 1734-1735 1754-1755 1720-1721 Nickel 6945-6955 6855-6860 6875-6880 6915-6925 6785-6795

Spot Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium prices

Gold … London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. 389.20(389.60) 389.30(389.20) 390.95(381.65) 391.55(390.50) 389.00(391.20) Gold … Bank of Nova Scotia, noon bid/ask $US per oz.

388.00-391.50 388.00-391.50 389.00-392.50 390.00-392.50 388.00-391.50 Silver … London Bullion Dealers, spot morning pence (US cents) per oz. 325.00(533.00) 326.30(531.50) 331.00(540.00) 333.90(541.00) 330.60(535.50) Silver … Handy & Harman, Toronto (New York) cents per oz.

717.70(530.00) 722.90(532.50) 725.10(533.50) 732.90(539.00) 732.20(538.50) Platinum … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 421.75 422.00 423.00 425.00 420.25

Palladium … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 158.25 157.00 157.50 158.25 157.00

Exchange Rates Canadian funds. Courtesy of the Bank of Montreal Treasury Group U.S. Dollar 1.3488 1.3511 1.3517 1.3565 1.3543

Pound Sterling2.2080 2.2050 2.1987 2.2145 2.1974