METAL PRICES — FREE MARKET (December 11, 1995)

London Metal Exchange

Spot closing prices in $US per tonne

DateDec. 5 Dec. 4Dec. 1 Nov. 30 Nov. 29

Copper2950-2955 2980-29812957-2962 2913-29182987-2992

Lead752.5-754.5 752.5-754.5756.5-758.5742.5-744.5752-754

Zinc1016-1017 1012-10131026-10271024-10251029-1030

Aluminum1639.5-1640.5 1650.5-1651.5 1657-16581652.5-1653.51655.5-1656.5

Nickel8035-8040 7890-79008110-81208210-82208540-8550

Spot Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium prices

Gold … London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz.

386.55(386.30)385.90(386.25)386.20(387.15)387.80(387.85)389.65(388.50)

Gold … Bank of Nova Scotia, noon bid/ask $US per oz.

385.50-389.00384.50-388.00385.00-388.50386.00-389.00386.00-389.50

Silver … London Bullion Dealers, spot morning pence (US cents) per oz.

333.70(522.00)337.80(518.50)341.70(521.80)338.50(518.00)340.00(522.10)

Silver … Handy & Harman, Toronto (New York) cents per oz.

721.10(519.00)719.80(519.00)717.80(517.50)711.00(516.00)711.80(516.00)

Platinum … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz.

415.60 412.00 411.50 413.00 414.50

Palladium … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz.

135.50 133.50 129.25 131.50 132.75

Exchange Rates Canadian funds. Courtesy of the Bank of Montreal Treasury Group U.S. Dollar 1.3657 1.36611.3658 1.3607 1.3577

Pound Sterling2.1080 2.09822.0907 2.0853 2.0816