METAL PRICES — FREE MARKET (April 26, 1993)

London Metal Exchange

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

Date Apr. 20 Apr. 19 Apr. 16 Apr. 15 Apr. 14

Copper 1196-1197 1221-1222 1240-1241 1281-1282 1277-1278

Lead 271-272 272-273 276-277 282-283 273-274

Zinc 1003-1004 997-998 1007-1008 1030-1031 1024-1025

Aluminum1098-1099 1095-1096 1110-1111 1130-1131 1124-1125

Nickel 5865-5875 5830-5835 5870-5880 5875-5880 5975-5980

Spot Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium prices

Gold … London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. 339.90(341.55) 339.60(340.40) 337.85(337.00) 338.90(339.20) 338.25(337.55) Gold … Bank of Nova Scotia, noon bid/ask $US per oz.

338.50-341.50 338.50-342.00 336.00(339.50) 337.50-341.00 336.00-339.50 Silver … London Bullion Dealers, spot morning pence (US cents) per oz. 254.50(395.30) 260.10(397.50) 251.50(387.00) 254.40(393.30) 250.10(390.20) Silver … Handy & Harman, Toronto (New York) cents per oz.

495.20(392.00) 489.80(388.00) 496.00(392.00) 493.60(389.50) 503.90(397.00) Platinum … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 372.20 372.20 372.40 369.10 371.00

Palladium … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 116.50 116.30 114.25 113.50 114.75

Exchange Rates Canadian funds. Courtesy of the Bank of Montreal Treasury Group U.S. Dollar 1.2551 1.2545 1.2597 1.2590 1.2632

Pound Sterling 1.9423 1.9344 1.9210 1.9401 1.9611