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Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, June 22, 2010 (change from June 15 in brackets):

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$8,566.66 /t.

Daily Metal Prices Date June 21 June 18 June 17 June 16 June 15 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange –Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1871/1885 1880.50/1885 1900/1910…

Featured Fund: AGF Precious Metals (US$) as of 08/31/09 (in weighted order): Goldcorp, Kinross Gold, Iamgold, Central Fund of Canada, Agnico-Eagle Mines, Inmet Mining, Eldorado Gold, Randgold, Osisko …

52-week Date June 21 June 18 June 17 June 16 June 15 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1473.03 1488.18 1481.38 1462.00 1461.51 1691.10 1027.29 TSX Composite 11936.08 11927.59 11945.97 11921.65 11907.54…

Short positions outstanding at June 15/10 (with changes from May 31/10).

Short positions outstanding at June 15/10 (with changes from May 31/10).

Note: Vale will pay $0.24* per outstanding common or prf sh on Oct 20. Alcoa will pay a $0.75* div on it $3.75* cmltv pr stock on July 1, rec June 11. Franco-Nevada will start paying a semi-annual div…

as of 9 a.m. ET. June 23, 2010 (%) Bank of Canada 0.75 Target overnight rate 0.50 Canadian Prime 2.25 U.S. Discount Primary 0.75 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3….

Australia (A$) June 22 June 8 Change Aquila Resources 8.51 8.3 0.21 Bendigo Mining 0.20 0.22 -0.02 Centennial Coal 4.55 4.21 0.34 Fortescue Res 4.43 3.92 0.51 Iluka R…

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date June 21 June 18 June 17 June 16 June 15 US$ in C$ 1.0199 1.0238 1.0284 1.0236 1.0288 C$ in US$ 0.9805 0.9768 0.9724 0.9769 0…