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PROVISIONALLY PRICED SALES: (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

PROVISIONALLY PRICED SALES:

Schedule of provisionally priced copper and molybdenum sales outstanding

Following are the provisionally priced copper and molybdenum sales outstanding at March 31, 2015:

		Sales volume (million lbs.)		Priced at (per pound)			Month of settlement
Copper		60.9		$	2.75		From April 2015 to May 2015
Molybdenum		10.3		$	8.28		From April 2015 to July 2015

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Tabular presentation of the amount of sales which are recorded at an average forward price, provisionally, pending the final prices in the future month of settlement.

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