PRODUCER & DEALER PRICES (October 04, 1999)

Posted By: Northern Miner Staff October 4, 1999

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,185/t.

Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$4.50/lb.

Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.20/lb.

Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65/t.

Cobalt: Recent trades US$16.55-19.00/lb.

Copper: Comex Dec. US$0.817/lb.

Indium: Indium Corp., ingot, US$200/kg.

Iridium: Mid-mkt US$405/tr. oz.

Magnesium: Producer ingot US$1.80/lb.

Manganese: Mid-mkt US$900/t.

Molybdenum: Recent trades US$2.60-2.95/lb. Mo in oxide.

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

Osmium: Mid-mkt US$400/tr. oz.

Rhodium: Mid-mkt US$910/tr. oz.

Silver: Handy & Harman, New York US$5.765, Toronto $8.724/tr. oz.

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

Tin: Kuala Lumpur mkt US$5.267/kg.

Titanium: Not available.

Tungsten: WO3 ore, mid-mkt US$4,500/t.

Uranium: U3O8, Uranium Exchange Co. restricted spot price — US$9.90/lb; fmr USSR — US$8.20/lb.

Vanadium: V2O5, recent trades US$1.78-2.00/lb.

Zinc: Mid-mkt, special high grade US$0.591/lb.

Prices current Sept. 28, 1999