PRODUCER & DEALER PRICES (August 02, 1999)

Posted By: Northern Miner Staff August 2, 1999

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,195/t.

Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.60/lb.

Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.20/lb.

Chromium: Recent trades US$60.00-90.00/t.

Cobalt: Recent trades US$18.40-21.50/lb.

Copper: Comex Sept. US$0.754/lb.

Indium: Indium Corp., ingot, US$215/kg.

Iridium: Mid-mkt US$405/oz.

Magnesium: Producer ingot US$1.80/lb.

Manganese: Mid-mkt US$945/t.

Molybdenum: Recent trades US$2.56-2.68/lb Mo in oxide.

Niobium: Nb2O5 ore, mid-mkt US$3.00/lb.

Osmium: Mid-mkt US$400/oz.

Rhodium: Mid-mkt US$915/oz.

Silver: Handy & Harman, New York US$5.205, Toronto $8.087/oz.

Tantalum: Ta2O5 ore, mid-mkt US$32.00/lb.

Tin: Kuala Lumpur mkt US$5.153/kg.

Titanium: Not available.

Tungsten: WO3 ore, mid-mkt US$4,300/t.

Uranium: U3O8, Uranium Exchange Co. restricted spot price — US$10.30/lb; fmr USSR — US$8.20/lb.

Vanadium: V2O5, recent trades US$2.00-2.25/lb.

Zinc: Mid-mkt, special high grade US$0.537/lb.

Prices current July 27, 1999