METAL PRICES FREE MARKET (January 21, 1991)

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Jan 15 Jan 14 Jan 11 Jan 10 Jan 9 Copper 1272-1273 1291-1292 1310-1311 1314-1316 1317-1318 Lead 312-313 316-317 316-317 314-316 315-317 Zinc 1168-1170 1224-1225 1259-1260 1261-1263 1265-1270 Aluminum1522-1524 1530-1532 1523-1524 1525-1527 1542-1545 Nickel 8460-8475 8750-8800 8800-8825 8875-8925 8700-8750 Spot Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium prices Gold. . .London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. 398.50(398.00) 398.60(395.35) 390.60(390.40) 390.55(388.50) 387.10(390.70) Gold. . .Bank of Nova Scotia, noon bid/ask $US per oz. 398.00-402.00 396.00-400.00 390.00-394.00 388.00-392.00 378.00-382.00 Silver. . .London Bullion Dealers, spot morning pence (US cents) per oz. 220.70(420.50) 222.90(419.50) 215.10(413.90) 216.70(413.90) 213.80(408.50) Silver. . .Handy & Harman, Toronto (New York) cents per oz. 487.80(423.00) 482.40(418.00) 478.00(413.50) 480.60(415.00) 471.50(406.00) Platinum. . .Guardian Trust, Interbank closing $US per oz.

418.00 419.00 420.00 413.00 409.00 Palladium. . .Guardian Trust, Interbank closing $US per oz.

88.00 88.00 86.00 86.00 85.00 Exchange Rates. . .Canadian funds. Courtesy of the Bank of Montreal Treasury Group U.S. dollar 1.1469 1.1495 1.1520 1.1530 1.1523 Pound Sterling2.1894 2.1909 2.1972 2.2063 2.1884