| SPOT PRICES | ||
| Courtesy of ScotiaBank | ||
| Tuesday, July 10, 2012 | ||
| Precious Metals | Price (US$/oz.) | Change |
| Gold | $1594.50 | -14.00 |
| Silver | $27.57 | -0.35 |
| Platinum | $1439.00 | -28.00 |
| Palladium | $583.00 | 0.00 |
| Base Metals | Price (US$/tonne) | Change |
| Nickel | $16165.00 | -235.00 |
| Lead | $1864.14 | -11.00 |
| Copper | $7490.50 | -68.00 |
| Zinc | $1837.00 | -16.75 |
| LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS | ||
| Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, July 9, 2012 (change from July 2 in brackets): | ||
| Aluminium Alloy | 97160 | (-3120) |
| Aluminium | 4828850 | (+6200) |
| Copper | 253350 | (-2950) |
| Lead | 347325 | (-2400) |
| Nickel | 105060 | (+1710) |
| Tin | 12585 | (+415) |
| Zinc | 988150 | (-6525) |
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$13,225.00/t
Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$10.30/lb.
Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$1.08/lb.
Coal: CME Group Central Appalachian Coal Futures August 2012: US$56.75; September 2012: US$57.32
Cobalt: Recent trades US$13.20-14.10/lb.
Copper: Comex Copper Futures August 2012: US$3.395/lb.; Comex September 2012: $3.401/lb.
Indium: Mid-mkt US$580.00/kg.
Iridium: Mid-mkt US$1,057.50/tr. oz.
Magnesium: Mid-mkt US$3,200.00/t.
Manganese: Mid-mkt US$2975,000.00/t.
Mercury: Mid-mkt US$1,850.00/flask (76 lb.).
Molybdenum: Oxide, recent trades US$12.75-12.95/lb.
Rhodium: Mid-mkt US$1,225.00/tr. oz.
Ruthenium: Mid-mkt US$105.00/tr. oz.
Selenium: Mid-mkt US$61.00/lb.
Silver: Base: US$27.07; Fabricated: US$32.48; Sterling: US$25.10
Tantalum: Ta2O5 ore, mid-mkt US$100/lb.
Tin: Kuala Lumpur Tin Market, US$18.71/kg
Tungsten: APT Tungstate FOB China mid-mkt: US$391.66 per mtu; APT U.S. mid-mkt: US$407.50 per mtu
Uranium: U3O8, Trade Tech spot price: US$50.60/lb.; Uranium Exchange Co. spot price: US$50.75/lb.
Ferrovanadium: Free Market V2O5, recent trades US$5.75-6.00/lb.
Prices current July 10, 2012
| DAILY METAL PRICES | |||||
| Date | July 9 |
July 6 |
July 5 |
July 4 |
July 3 |
| BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) | |||||
| Al Alloy | 1770/1790 | 1775/1790 | 1770/1785 | 1790/1805 | 1795/1815 |
| Aluminum | 1876/1903 | 1887/1919.50 | 1914/1947.50 | 1929.50/195.50 | 1910/1948.50 |
| Copper | 7520/7525 | 7595/7615 | 7760.50/7766.50 | 1695/7705 | 7776/7775.50 |
| Lead | 1838.50/1854 | 1856/1870 | 1901/1915 | 1895/1905 | 1900/1913 |
| Nickel | 16240/16275 | 16455/16500 | 16910/16980 | 16980/17000 | 17100/17175 |
| Tin | 18575/18600 | 18900/18825 | 19195/19175 | 19090/19075 | 19125/19150 |
| Zinc | 1839.50/1842.50 | 1854.50/1855.50 | 1894.50/1898 | 1896.50/1898.50 | 1904.50/1907 |
| PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.) | |||||
| Gold AM | 1581.00 | 1591.75 | 1616.75 | 1617.00 | 1608.50 |
| Gold PM | 1585.00 | 1587.00 | 1604.00 | 1613.50 | 1617.50 |
| Silver | 27.24 | 27.32 | 28.33 | 28.11 | 27.92 |
| Platinum | 1441.00 | 1450.00 | 1468.00 | 1485.00 | 1475.00 |
| Palladium | 582.00 | 577.00 | 588.00 | 601.00 | 591.00 |
LEGEND
A – Australian Stock Exchange
C – CNSX Canadian National Stock Exchange
J – Johannesburg Stock Exchange
L – London Stock Exchange
M – Mexico Stock Exchange
N – New York Stock Exchange
O – U.S. over-the-counter
Q – NASDAQ or U.S. OTC
T – Toronto Stock Exchange
V – TSX Venture Exchange
X – NYSE Alternext U.S.
* – Denotes price in U.S.$
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CONVERSION OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
1 troy ounce = 31.1 grams
1 kilogram = 32.15 troy ounces
1 kilogram = 2.2046 pounds
1 (metric) tonne = 1,000 kilograms
1 (metric) tonne = 2,204.6 pounds
1 (short) ton = 2,000 pounds
1 (metric) tonne = 1.1023 (short) tons
1 gram per (metric) tonne = 0.02917 troy ounces per (short) ton
= 0.03215 troy ounces per (metric) tonne
1 kilometre = 0.6214 miles
1 hectare = 2.47 acres
| CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS | |||||||
| Fund name | July 9 |
July 3 |
Change | Change | YTD | MER* | Assets* |
| ($) | ($) | ($) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (M$) | |
| AGF Pr Mtl | 28.12 | 30.74 | -2.62 | -8.5 | -17.78 | 2.56 | 698.9 |
| Altamira Pr & Str Mtl | 13.16 | 14.72 | -1.56 | -10.6 | -22.24 | 2.35 | 83.5 |
| BMO Junior Gold Index ETF | 13.42 | 14.99 | 0.13 | 4.3 | -20.84 | 0.58 | 108.4 |
| BMO Pr Mtl | 21.29 | 23.19 | -1.90 | -8.2 | -17.11 | 2.29 | 133.6< /td> |
| CIBC Pr Mtl | 16.23 | 17.53 | -1.30 | -7.4 | -20.63 | 2.40 | 141.8 |
| Dynamic Can Pr Mtl | 12.36 | 13.65 | -1.29 | -9.5 | -20.57 | 1.65 | 811.6 |
| London Life Pr Mtl (MX) | 31.80 | 35.64 | -3.84 | -10.8 | -21.98 | 3.37 | 259.2 |
| Mackenzie Un Pr Mtl | 15.06 | 16.87 | -1.81 | -10.7 | -22.84 | 2.44 | 569.9 |
| Middlefield Precious Metals | 11.65 | 12.70 | -1.05 | -8.3 | 21.62 | 2.48 | 8.5 |
| Quadrus Mack Un Pr Mtl | 17.36 | 19.45 | -2.09 | -10.7 | -19.2 | 2.70 | 66.7 |
| RBC Global Pr Mtl | 36.75 | 40.39 | -3.64 | -9.0 | -15.4 | 2.04 | 1380.4 |
| Sentry Pr Mtl Growth | 48.92 | 52.50 | -3.58 | -6.8 | -28.1 | 2.75 | 731.5 |
| Sprott Gold and Pr Minls | 44.35 | 49.44 | -5.09 | -10.3 | -27.7 | 2.84 | 854 |
| Sprott Gold and Pr Minls | 46.68 | 52.02 | -5.34 | -10.3 | -20.8 | 1.78 | n/a |
| TD Pr Mtl | 46.28 | 50.37 | -4.09 | -8.1 | -20.8 | 2.15 | 313.9 |
| TD Pr Mtll-A | 9.79 | 10.65 | -0.86 | -8.1 | -20.8 | 2.31 | n/a |
| iShares Can Gold Sector Index | 18.39 | 20.33 | -1.94 | -9.5 | -18.16 | 0.55 | 1063.6 |
| Featured Fund: BMO Junior Gold Index as of 05/31/12 (in weighted order): Alamos Gold, Allied Nevada Gold, AuRico Gold, Coeur D’alene Mines, NovaGold Resources, B2Gold, Banro, Aurizon Mines, Torex Gold, Kirkland Lake Gold. Fund Manager: Jones Heward investment management team. | |||||||
| NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES | |||||||
Date |
July 9 |
July 6 |
July 5 |
July 4 |
July 3 |
52-week | |
| High | Low | ||||||
| TSX Composite | 11634.67 | 11596.56 | 11817.03 | 11913.87 | 11848.75 | 13516.17 | 10848.19 |
| S&P/TSX-Ven Comp | 1211.98 | 1211.35 | 1226.45 | 1241.90 | 1225.49 | 2061.46 | 1153.90 |
| S&P TSX 60 | 665.08 | 666.45 | 675.62 | 682.23 | 678.76 | 77065 | 622.16 |
| Global Gold | 303.20 | 304.02 | 311.57 | 314.90 | 314.78 | 455.38 | 265.99 |
| TSX Metals & Mining | 857.43 | 876.45 | 910.64 | 913.91 | 904.74 | 1469.08 | 751.86 |
| Gold & Silver XAU | 156.31 | 157.41 | 161.94 | N/A | 158.14 | 228.98 | 140.94 |
| Amex Gold Bugs | 421.50 | 423.55 | 438.03 | N/A | 442.73 | 638.59 | 372.74 |
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