Dividends (October 01, 2007)

Company	Div.($)	Pay Date		Record Date
Xstrata	0.40625	Oct 1	Sept 14
Fording Coal	0.60	Oct 15	Sept 28
Hecla Mining	0.875*	Oct 1	Sept 14
Yamana	0.01	Oct 12	Sept 28
Silvercorp	0.15	Oct 21	Sept 17
Alcoa	0.17	Nov 25	Nov 2
Xstrata	0.2863	Dec 3	Nov 15
Xstrata	0.40625	Dec 14	Dec 3

Note:Alcoa will pay 0.9375* per share on its $3.75* cumulative preferred stock on Oct 1, record date Sept 14 and on Jan 1, record date Dec 14.

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