Metal Prices — FREE MARKET (January 18, 1993)

London Metal Exchange

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

Date Jan. 12 Jan. 11 Jan. 8 Jan. 7 Jan. 6

Copper 1412-1413 1492-1493 1538-1539 1530-1531 1526-1529

Lead 285-286 386-287 288-289 293-294 293-294

Zinc 1052-1053 1067-1068 1055-1057 1057-1059 1057-1058

Aluminum 1223-1224 1219-1220 1184-1185 1194-1195 1208-1210

Nickel 5950-5951 6165-6170 6170-6175 6175-6185 6220-6230

Spot Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium prices

Gold … London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. 329.20(328.50) 328.40(328.40) 329.10(329.10) 329.15(329.70) 329.60(328.85) Gold … Bank of Nova Scotia, noon bid/ask $US per oz.

328.50-332.00 327.00-330.50 327.00-330.50 328.00-331.50 327.00-330.50 Silver … London Bullion Dealers, spot morning pence (US cents) per oz. 236.30(367.80) 236.70(366.60) 240.00(366.00) 240.10(369.90) 239.70(370.00) Silver … Handy & Harman, Toronto (New York) cents per oz.

476.60(371.00) 469.30(366.00) 473.60(367.50) 473.90(368.50) 473.50(368.50) Platinum … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 359.90 358.50 360.80 359.00 360.60

Palladium … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 108.95 109.10 110.25 112.00 110.65

Exchange Rates Canadian funds. Courtesy of the Bank of Montreal Treasury Group U.S. Dollar 1.2775 1.2779 1.2826 1.2799 1.2795

Pound Sterling 1.9718 1.9839 1.9643 1.9589 1.9736