METAL PRICES — FREE MARKET (March 20, 1995)

London Metal Exchange

Spot closing prices in $US per tonne Date March 14 March 13 March 10 March 9 Mar. 8

Copper 2919-2920 2919-2920 2900-2902 2899-2901 2907-2908

Lead 566-567 566-567 578-581 577-578 584-585

Zinc 1017-1018 1017-1018 1024-1025 1026-1027 1027-1028

Aluminum1819-1820 1819-1820 1809-1810 1810-1811 1812-1813

Nickel 7610-7620 7610-7620 7675-7685 7645-7665 7650-7660

Spot Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium prices

Gold … London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. 385.50(385.20) 385.50(382.75) 381.40(383.50) 380.45(383.10) 380.00(383.10) Gold … Bank of Nova Scotia, noon bid/ask $US per oz.

383.00-386.50 384.00-387.50 379.50-383.00 380.50-384.00 378.50-382.50 Silver … London Bullion Dealers, spot morning pence (US cents) per oz. 298.00(471.80) 292.20(462.30) 288.40(460.80) 287.90(463.10) 285.40(467.60) Silver … Handy & Harman, Toronto (New York) cents per oz.

665.90(468.00) 667.10(470.50) 648.00(458.00) 651.20(459.00) 646.50(457.00) Platinum … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 422.50 421.00 419.50 418.00 415.25

Palladium … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 161.00 159.50 158.50 156.75 155.25

Exchange Rates Canadian funds. Courtesy of the Bank of Montreal Treasury Group U.S. Dollar 1.4135 1.4149 1.4070 1.4093 1.4124

Pound Sterling2.2390 2.2538 2.2090 2.2718 2.2728