Metal Prices — FREE MARKET (December 28, 1992)

London Metal Exchange

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

Date Dec. 22 Dec. 21 Dec. 18 Dec. 17 Dec. 16

Copper 1464-1465 1428-1430 1407-1408 1392-1393 1397-1398

Lead 300-301 291-292 290-291 287-288 286-287

Zinc 1059-1060 1064-1066 1048-1050 1055-1056 1058-1060

Aluminum1236-1238 1228-1230 1220-1221 1219-1220 1217-1218

Nickel 5875-5885 5765-5775 5760-5765 5750-5760 5740-5750

Spot Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium prices

Gold … London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. 332.60(334.35) 333.90(336.35) 337.00(337.15) 338.65(337.75) 337.30(334.90) Gold … Bank of Nova Scotia, noon bid/ask $US per oz.

331.50-335.00 332.50-336.00 335.50-339.00 336.00-339.50 335.50-339.00 Silver … London Bullion Dealers, spot morning pence (US cents) per oz. 241.40(373.40) 239.40(375.00) 240.70(377.50) 236.20(375.00) 235.90(371.40) Silver … Handy & Harman, Toronto (New York) cents per oz.

466.60(368.00) 475.30(373.00) 482.10(376.00) 482.30(376.50) 476.80(371.00) Platinum … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 361.10 359.30 359.70 365.70 366.20

Palladium … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 108.90 107.85 110.85 113.95 111.90

Exchange Rates Canadian funds. Courtesy of the Bank of Montreal Treasury Group U.S. Dollar 1.2626 1.2675 1.2752 1.2735 1.2770

Pound Sterling 1.9400 1.9754 1.9970 2.0128 2.0113