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As more than 20,000 delegates from over 100 countries attended the 78th Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada conference in Toronto this week, a question looming large on many peoples’ mind…

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, March 9, 2010 (change from Mar. 2 in brackets):

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$5750.00/t.

Date Mar. 8 Mar. 5 Mar. 4 Mar. 3 Mar. 2 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2000/2030 2000/2025 2000/2030 1975/2005 1945/1980 A…

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 Mar. 8 Mar. 5 Mar. 4 Mar. 3 Mar. 2 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1561.93 1557.93 1541.84 1553.13 1548.15 1628.72 809.03 TSX Composite 11963.84 11975.14 11824.97 1185…

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

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

Note: Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold will pay $0.60* div with the first payment of $0.15* paid on Feb. 1, 2010.Cameco is increasing its annual div to 28 cents per sahre from 26 cents. Alcoa pays q…

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

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Mar. 8 Mar. 5 Mar. 4 Mar. 3 Mar. 2 US$ in C$ 1.0286 1.0286 1.0309 1.0287 1.0326 C$ in US$ 0.9722 0.9722 0.9700 0.9721 0.9684…