Producer and Dealer Prices (January 09, 2006)

Posted By: Northern Miner Staff January 9, 2006

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$3,800/t.

Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$4.80/lb.

Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$2.00/lb.

Cobalt: Recent trades US$15.25-15.55/lb.

Copper: Comex March US$2.0395/lb.

Indium: Indium Corp., ingot, US$965/kg.

Iridium: Mid-mkt US$190/tr. oz.

Magnesium: Mid-mkt US$1,660/t.

Manganese: Mid-mkt US$1,225/t.

Mercury: Mid-mkt US$750/flask (76 lb.).

Molybdenum: Oxide, recent trades US$22.50-25.00/lb.

Rhodium: Mid-mkt US$2,980/tr. oz.

Ruthenium: Mid-mkt US$85/tr. oz.

Selenium: Mid-mkt US$50/lb.

Silver: Handy & Harman, New York US$9.060/tr. oz.; Toronto C$10.900/tr. oz.

Tantalum: Ta2O5 ore, mid-mkt US$35/lb.

Tin: Kuala Lumpur Tin Market, US$6.636/kg.

Tungsten: WO3 ore, mid-mkt US$21,000/t.

Uranium: U3O8, Uranium Exchange Co. spot price US$36.25/lb.

Vanadium: V2O5, recent trades US$9.50-11.70/lb.

Zinc: Mid-mkt, special high grade US$0.916/lb.

Prices current Dec. 30, 2005