Metal Prices — FREE MARKET (February 08, 1993)

London Metal Exchange

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

Date Feb. 2 Feb. 1 Jan. 29 Jan. 28 Jan. 27

Copper 1536-1537 1521-1522 1497-1498 1493-1494 1484-1485

Lead 288-289 285-286 285-286 286-287 278-279

Zinc 1091-1098 1111-1112 1098-1100 1096-1097 1054-1056

Aluminum1192-1193 1194-1195 1202-1203 1205-1206 1197-1198

Nickel 5780-5785 5765-5775 5795-5805 5840-5850 5800-5810

Spot Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium prices

Gold … London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. 329.65(329.35) 329.75(329.50) 330.45(330.75) 329.95(329.70) 330.60(330.60) Gold … Bank of Nova Scotia, noon bid/ask $US per oz.

327.50-330.00 328.00-331.50 327.50-331.00 327.50-331.00 328.50-332.00 Silver … London Bullion Dealers, spot morning pence (US cents) per oz. 250.70(366.90) 250.50(366.00) 246.80(370.80) 243.30(369.00) 242.10(367.50) Silver … Handy & Harman, Toronto (New York) cents per oz.

466.40(367.50) 465.60(366.50) 470.60(368.50) 470.20(368.00) 468.60(367.00) Platinum … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 361.30 363.50 364.00 365.00 364.30

Palladium … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 110.25 111.00 112.50 107.50 107.50

Exchange Rates Canadian funds. Courtesy of the Bank of Montreal Treasury Group U.S. Dollar 1.2646 1.2630 1.2678 1 .2691 1.2689

Pound Sterling1.8261 1.8436 1.8871 1.9233 1.9167