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PROVISIONALLY PRICED SALES: (Tables)

9 Months Ended

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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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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