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PROVISIONALLY PRICED SALES: (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
PROVISIONALLY PRICED SALES: |
Schedule of provisionally priced copper and molybdenum sales outstanding | Following are the provisionally priced copper and molybdenum sales outstanding at September 30, 2017:
|  | Sales volume (million lbs.) |  | Priced at (per pound) |  | Month of settlement |
Copper |  | 52.5 |  | $ | 2.94 |  | From October 2017 to December 2017 |
Molybdenum |  | 10.6 |  | $ | 8.33 |  | From October 2017 to December 2017 |

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