Dividends (April 17, 2006)

Company	Div.	Pay	Record
	($)	Date	Date
Royal Gold	0.055*	Apr 21	Apr 7
Noranda Incm Fnd	0.085	Apr 25	Mar 31
Goldcorp	0.015*	Apr 28	Apr 21
Freeport McMo com	0.3125*	May 1	Apr 17
Freeport McMo 5.5%pr	13.75*	May 1	Apr 17
Freeport McMo prD	0.05306	May 1	Apr 17
M Buenaventura	0.22*	May 2	Apr 20
First Quantum	0.265	May 10	Apr 19
Phelps Dodge	0.20*	Jun 2	May 16
Phelps Dodge spec	2.00*	Jun 2	May 16

Notes: First Quantum Minerals total div payments for 2005 of $0.285 represents 10% of after-tax profits for 2005. Phelps Dodge is increasing its quarterly div to US$0.20 from US$0.1875, and issuing a spec div of US$2 per com sh.

* = U.S. funds, f = formula, e = estimate