METAL PRICES — FREE MARKET (March 08, 1993)

London Metal Exchange

Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne)

Date Mar. 2 Mar. 1 Feb. 26 Feb. 25 Feb. 24

Copper 1471-1472 1475-1476 1514-1515 1497-1498 1519-1520

Lead 283-284 283-284 284-285 283-284 286-287

Zinc 988-990 991-992 1019-1020 1020-1021 1032-1033

Aluminum1157-1158 1173-1175 1190-1191 1192-1193 1195-1196

Nickel 5875-5885 5900-5910 6020-6030 6130-6140 6185-6195

Spot Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium prices

Gold … London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. 329.15(328.90) 328.50(328.40) 327.60(328.75) 329.60(329.75) 329.90(330.35) Gold … Bank of Nova Scotia, noon bid/ask $US per oz.

326.50-330.00 327.00-330.50 327.50-331.00 328.50-332.00 328.50-332.00 Silver … London Bullion Dealers, spot morning pence (US cents) per oz. 248.30(358.50) 249.70(358.30) 249.90(356.70) 250.80(369.00) 249.30(360.20) Silver … Handy & Harman, Toronto (New York) cents per oz.

448.00(357.00) 447.90(356.50) 447.40(356.00) 446.90(354.50) 454.40(358.00) Platinum … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 341.00 347.00 346.50 345.00 343.20

Palladium … Bendix Foreign Exchange, Interbank closing $US per oz. 110.00 102.50 102.00 98.75 98.10

Exchange Rates Canadian funds. Courtesy of the Bank of Montreal Treasury Group U.S. Dollar 1.2463 1.2488 N/A 1.2503 1.2601

Pound Sterling 1.8053 1.7970 N/A 1.7904 1.8032