TSE Shorts (April 30, 2001)

Short positions outstanding at April 15, 2001

Larger individual positions include:

Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. 290,530 up 118,218; Alcan Inc. 748,548 down 343,949; Anderson Exploration Ltd. 4,782,553 up 173,546; Barrick Gold Corp. 5,637,586 down 6,374,391; Brascan Corp. Cl ‘A’ 1148979 down 454204; Canabrava Diamond Corp. 433,200 up 132,700; Cominco Ltd. 3,817,043 up 161,304; Dofasco Inc. 1,704,728 up 165,104; Explorations Minieres Du Nord 201,000 up 165,000; Geomaque Explorations Ltd. 120,000 down 547,705; Goldcorp Inc. 1,056,510 up 137,998; Great Western Gold Corp. 255,500 up 74,600; Hillsborough Resources Ltd. 350,000 up 338,193; Inco Limited 8,888,145 down 369,561; Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. 101,579 up 101,579; Kinross Gold Corporation 1,480,177 up 142,308; Namibian Minerals Corp. 279,891 down 91,319; Noranda Inc. 2,296,089 up 144,351; Olympus Pacific Minerals Inc. 152,200 up 136,700; Placer Dome Inc. 3,390,096 down 540,773; Rio Alto Exploration Ltd. 297,196 up 72,602; Sherritt Int’l Corp. 8,645,767 down 205,337; Suncor Energy Inc. 814,210 down 503,138; Teck Corp. Cl ‘B’ 3,535,825 down 662,046; Touchstone Resources Ltd. 384,400 down 57,100; TVX Gold Incorporated 243,518 up 95,876