2008

Major U. S. indices were up during the Aug. 5-11 trading session, on the back of a continuing drop in the oil price. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 167 points, or 1.4%, to 11,782; the S&P …

52-week Date Aug. 11 Aug. 8 Aug. 7 Aug. 6 Aug. 5 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2015.35 2091.47 2130.19 2148.46 2142.44 3192.55 2013.80 TSX Composite 13203.19 13341.74 13385.17 13…

Short positions outstanding at July 31/08 (with changes from July 15/08).

Date Aug. 11 Aug. 8 Aug. 7 Aug. 6 Aug. 5 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2495/2530 2471/2520 2475/2535 2480/2530 2500/2520 …

as of Aug. 11/08

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Aug. 11 Aug. 8 Aug. 7 Aug. 6 Aug. 5 US$ in C$ 1.0676 1.0678 1.0511 1.0470 1.0426 C$ in US$ 0.9367 0.9365 0.9514 0.9551 0.959…

as of 9 a. m. ET, Aug 12, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 3.25 Target overnight rate 3.00 Canadian Prime 4.75 U. S. Discount Primary 2.25 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 2.00 U. S. Prime 5…

12-MONTH 12-MONTH STOCK EXC BID ASK LAST HIGH LO STOCK EXC BID ASK LAST HIGH LO Absolut Res V 0.80 0.98 0.98 1.30 0.001 Lakewood Mng V 0.06 0.07 0.06 0.09 0.05 Acrex Vent…

Short positions outstanding at July 31/08 (with changes from July 15/08).

Note: Vale will pay $0.52* on common and pr sh in two instlmnts on Apr 30 and Oct 31. Alcoa will pay its quarterly div of US$0.9375 for US$3.75 cmltv pr sh on Oct 1, rec Sept 12. Newmont Canada will p…

Australia (A$) Aug 12 Aug 5 Change Bendigo Mining 0.18 0.20 -0.02 Kingsgate Cons. 4.80 5.60 -0.80 Lion Selection Ltd 1.58 1.50 0.08 Newcrest Mining 23.49 26.31 -2.82 …