METAL PRICES — FREE MARKET (April 05, 1993)

London Metal Exchange

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

Date Mar. 30 Mar. 29 Mar. 26 Mar. 25 Mar. 24

Copper 1434-1435 1434-1436 1441-1443 1474-1475 1469-1470

Lead 271-272 273-274 269-270 268-269 266-267

Zinc 990-991 987-988 991-992 997-998 994-995

Aluminum1120-1121 1137-1138 1139-1140 1146-1147 1150-1151

Nickel 6030-6035 6030-6035 6090-6100 6050-6060 6015-6020

Spot Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium prices

Gold … London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. 334.40(333.20) 331.70(331.60) 332.70(332.70) 332.60(332.65) 331.00(331.30) Gold … Bank of Nova Scotia, noon bid/ask $US per oz.

334.00-337.50 329.50-333.00 331.00-334.50 331.00-334.50 330.50-334.00 Silver … London Bullion Dealers, spot morning pence (US cents) per oz. 253.20(377.80) 248.40(370.40) 249.20(371.80) 249.10(368.30) 246.80(365.40) Silver … Handy & Harman, Toronto (New York) cents per oz.

483.00(384.00) 464.80(371.50) 464.48(371.50) 461.50(369.00) 459.10(367.00) Platinum … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 361.00 355.75 356.50 355.50 361.90

Palladium … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 112.00 110.00 109.25 109.50 108.00

Exchange Rates Canadian funds. Courtesy of the Bank of Montreal Treasury Group U.S. Dollar 1.2505 1.2472 1.2443 1.2440 1.2430

Pound Sterling1.8670 1.8602 1.8503 1.8349 1.8359