METAL PRICES — FREE MARKET (March 29, 1993)

London Metal Exchange

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

Date Mar. 23 Mar. 22 Mar. 19 Mar. 18 Mar. 17

Copper 1467-1468 1463-1464 1459-1460 1479-1480 1488.5-1489.5 Lead 267-268 272-273 271-272 270-270 273.5-274.5

Zinc 996-997 995-996 996-997 997-998 992-993

Aluminum1152-1153 1160-1161 1148-1149 1145-1146 1141.5-1142.5 Nickel 6025-6035 6050-6060 5945-5950 5895-5905 5875 -5880

Spot Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium prices

Gold … London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. 331.90(331.90) 331.65(331.30) 331.65(331.30) 330.25(329.50) 328.75(328.65) Gold … Bank of Nova Scotia, noon bid/ask $US per oz.

330.50-334.00 330.50-334.00 329.50-333.00 327.50-331.00 326.50-330.00 Silver … London Bullion Dealers, spot morning pence (US cents) per oz. 248.10(366.50) 247.90(368.30) 246.00(367.80) 249.70(364.20) 252.30(365.90) Silver … Handy & Harman, Toronto (New York) cents per oz.

459.20(366.00) 460.70(368.00) 459.00(366.50) 457.50(365.00) 457.50(363.50) Platinum … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 360.30 357.10 351.50 349.50 348.75

Palladium … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 106.60 106.60 106.25 106.00 105.25

Exchange Rates Canadian funds. Courtesy of the Bank of Montreal Treasury Group U.S. Dollar 1.2473 1.2470 1.2470 1.2470 1.2510

Pound Sterling1.8522 1.8555 1.8611 1.8530 1.8172