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Posted By: Northern Miner Staff July 9, 2012 Volume 98 Number 21 Jul 9 - 15, 2012

SPOT PRICES
Courtesy of ScotiaBank
Friday, July 3, 2012    
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold $1608.50 +25.25
Silver $27.92 +0.48
Platinum $1467.00 +28.00
Palladium $583.00 -21.00
     
Base Metals Price (US$/tonne) Change
Nickel $17238.00 +530.00
Lead $1927.00 -60.00
Copper $7790.00 +194.00
Zinc $1911.25 +34.00
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, July 2, 2012 (change from June 25 in brackets):
Aluminium Alloy 1000280 (-540)
Aluminium 4822650 (-29050)
Copper 256300 (+3100)
Lead 349725 (-1425)
Nickel 103350 (+270)
Tin 12170 (-55)
Zinc 994675 (+1825)

PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$13,225.00/t
Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$10.30/lb.
Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$1.08/lb.
Coal: CME Group Central Appalachian Coal Futures August 2012: US$56.33; September 2012: US$56.85
Cobalt: Recent trades US$13.20-14.10/lb.
Copper: Comex Copper Futures August 2012: US$3.506/lb.; Comex September 2012: $3.514/lb.
Indium: Mid-mkt US$580.00/kg.
Iridium: Mid-mkt US$1,057.50/tr. oz.
Magnesium: Mid-mkt US$3,200.00/t.
Manganese: Mid-mkt US$3,000.00/t.
Mercury: Mid-mkt US$1,850.00/flask (76 lb.).
Molybdenum: Oxide, recent trades US$12.85-13.05/lb.
Rhodium: Mid-mkt US$1,215.00/tr. oz.
Ruthenium: Mid-mkt US$102.50/tr. oz.
Selenium: Mid-mkt US$61.00/lb.
Silver: Base: US$28.37; Fabricated: US$34.04; Sterling: US$26.30
Tantalum: Ta2O5 ore, mid-mkt US$100/lb.
Tin: Kuala Lumpur Tin Market, US$18.79/kg
Tungsten: APT Tungstate FOB China mid-mkt: US$391.66 per mtu; APT U.S. mid-mkt: US$407.50 per mtu
Uranium: U3O8, Trade Tech spot price: US$50.75/lb.; Uranium Exchange Co. spot price: US$50.75/lb.
Ferrovanadium: Free Market V2O5, recent trades US$5.75-6.00/lb.
Prices current July 4, 2012

DAILY METAL PRICES
Date July 2
 June 29
 June 28
 June 27
 June 26
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Al Alloy 1775/1795 1750/1770 1761/1780 1745/1765 1751/1775
Aluminum 1866.50/1901.50 1834/1867 1832/1872 1810/1849 1810/1851
Copper 7647/7635 7604/7585 7420/7408 7353/7335 7346/7345
Lead 1851/1867.50 1795.50/1811 1768/1783.50 1743/1759 1767.50/1781
Nickel 16570/16630 16470/16450 16360/16425 16175/16215 16250/16315
Tin 18930/18940 18750/18775 18840/18820 18525/18495 18595/18550
Zinc 1874.50/1873 1842.50/1839 1799/1799.50 1759/1756 1794/1789
PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)
Gold AM 1596.25 1569.50 1567.75 1567.50 1583.25
Gold PM 1592.00 1598.50 1558.50 1573.50 1576.00
Silver 27.36 27.08 26.81 26.84 17.44
Platinum 1441.00 1428.00 1402.00 1408.00 1433.00
Palladium 580.00 578.00 576.00 579.00 601.50
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS
Fund name July 3
 June 25
 Change Change YTD MER* Assets*
  ($) ($) ($) (%) (%) (%) (M$)
AGF Pr Mtl 29.30 30.74 -1.44 -4.7 -14.33 2.56 698.9
Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 13.99 14.72 -0.73 -5.0 -17.66 2.35 83.5
BMO Junior Gold Index ETF 14.20 14.99 0.13 4.3 -16.24 0.58 108.4
BMO Pr Mtl 22.21 23.19 -0.98 -4.2 -13.52 2.29 133.6
CIBC Pr Mtl 16.85 17.53 -0.68 -3.9 -17.60 2.40 141.8
Dynamic Can Pr Mtl 12.21 13.65 -0.74 -5.4 -17.03 1.65 811.6
London Life Pr Mtl (MX) 33.69 35.64 -1.95 -5.5 -17.34 3.37 259.2
Mackenzie Un Pr Mtl 15.95 16.87 -0.92 -5.5 -16.92 2.44 569.9
Middlefield Precious Metals 12.21 12.70 -0.49 -3.9 19.13 2.48 8.5
Quadrus Mack Un Pr Mtl 18.39 19.45 -1.06 -5.4 -17.0 2.70 66.7
RBC Global Pr Mtl 38.80 40.39 -1.59 -3.9 -14.7 2.04 1380.4
Sentry Pr Mtl Growth 50.46 52.50 -2.04 -3.9 -12.8 2.75 731.5
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls 47.11 49.44 -2.33 -4.7 -23.6 2.84 854
Sprott Gold and Pr Minls 49.59 52.02 -2.43 -4.7 -23.2 1.78 n/a
TD Pr Mtl 48.64 50.37 -1.73 -3.4 -16.7 2.15 313.9
TD Pr Mtll-A 10.28 10.65 -0.37 -3.5 -16.8 2.31 n/a
iShares Can Gold Sector Index 19.62 20.33 -0.71 -3.5 -12.69 0.55 1063.6
Featured Fund: BMO Junior Gold Index as of 05/31/12 (in weighted order): Alamos Gold, Allied Nevada Gold, AuRico Gold, Coeur D’alene Mines, NovaGold Resources, B2Gold, Banro, Aurizon Mines, Torex Gold, Kirkland Lake Gold. Fund Manager: Jones Heward investment management team.
NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES

Date		 July2
 June 29
 June 28
 June 27
June 26
 52-week
High Low
TSX Composite N/A 11596.56 11424.70 11410.94 11410.94 13516.17 10848.19
S&P/TSX-Ven Comp N/A 1190.99 1164.47 1171.43 1168.96 2061.46 1153.90
S&P TSX 60 N/A 663.62 655.03 654.15 650.31 773.22 622.16
Global Gold N/A 304.33 297.86 303.79 304.91 455.38 265.99
TSX Metals & Mining N/A 868.71 829.80 837.21 834.37 1469.51 751.86
Gold & Silver XAU 157.71 157.54 152.45 155.45 155.56 228.98 140.94
Amex Gold Bugs 427.29 414.54 423.58 424.86 431.81 638.59 372.74
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REGION: CanadaUnited States
 

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