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Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, June 15, 2010 (change from June 8 in brackets):

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

Date June 14 June 11 June 10 June 9 June 8 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1900/1860 1816/1840 1810/1835 1822/1845 1790/179…

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 14 June 11 June 10 June 9 June 8 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1452.78 1460.40 1452.71 1444.57 1451.66 1691.10 1027.29 TSX Composite 11667.34 11666.92 11635.85 …

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

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

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 8, 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 3.2…

Australia (A$) June 8 June 1 Change Aquila Resources 8.3 9.04 -0.74 Bendigo Mining 0.22 0.22 0.00 Centennial Coal 4.21 4.11 0.10 Fortescue Res 3.92 4.04 -0.12 Iluka R…

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date June 14 June 11 June 10 June 9 June 8 US$ in C$ 1.0253 1.0333 1.0337 1.0395 1.0518 C$ in US$ 0.9753 0.9678 0.9674 0.9620 0.9…