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MANAGEMENT’S฀DISCUSSION฀AND฀ANALYSIS
Copper฀and฀Gold฀Markets
















Historical฀LME฀Spot฀Copper฀Price
Through฀January฀31,฀2007
Excludes฀Shanghai฀stocks,฀producer,฀consumer฀and฀merchant฀stocks.























London฀Gold฀Prices
Through฀January฀31,฀2007


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London Gold Prices
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