Dividends (May 15, 2006)

Company	Div.	Pay	Record
	($)	Date	Date
Noranda Incm Fnd	0.085	May 25	Apr 30
Peabody Energy	0.06*	May 25	May 4
Alcoa	0.15*	May 25	May 5
Goldcorp	0.015*	May 26	May 19
Phelps Dodge	0.20*	Jun 2	May 16
Phelps Dodge sp	2.00*	Jun 2	May 16
Barrick Gold	0.11*	Jun 15	May 31
Russel Metals	0.35	Jun 15	May 17
Alcan	0.15*	Jun 20	May 19
Newmont Mng	0.10*	Jun 29	Jun 8
Newmont Mng Can	0.1127	Jun 29	Jun 8
Freeport McMoR	0.75*	Jun 30	Jun 15
Alcoa $3.75pr	0.9375*	Jul 1	Jun 9
Aur Res	0.15	Jul 1	Jun 1
Teck Comin A,B	1.00	Jul 4	Jun 19
Cameco	0.04	Jul 14	Jun 30
Potash C Sask	0.15*	Aug 11	Jul 21

Notes: Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold is issuing supplemental div of US$0.75 per common sh, payable June 30, totalling US$142 million. Cameco is splitting its common sh 2-for-1, for the record date Feb. 17, 2006.

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