Miner Valuation RBC October 2010

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Analyst MarketingDate Analyst Topic LocationOctober 4 5 Fraser Phillips North American Base Metals BostonOctober 5 Stephen Walker Precious Metals MontrealOctober 12-15 Stephen Walker Precious Metals West CoastOctober 12 14 Fraser Phillips North American Base Metals New York & AreaOctober 18 - 19 Fraser Phillips North American Base Metals Mid AtlanticOctober 27 - 29 Chris Drew Bulk Materials Singapore, Hong Kong

Corporate Marketing

Date Company Presenter LocationOctober 4-5 Belo Sun (BSX) Mark Eaton, President & CEO LondonOctober 4-7 Royal Gold (RGLD) Tony Jensen, President & CEO Europe

October 6 Centerra Gold (CG) Stephen Lang (President & CEO) MontrealOctober 13 New Gold (NGD) Randall Oliphant, Chairman TorontoOctober 18 Premier Gold (PG) Ewan Downie (President & CEO) New YorkOctober 18-22 Grande Cache Coal (GCE) TBA New York, Boston, Montreal, Toronto, WinnipegOctober 20 21 Fronteer Gold (FRG) Mark ODea, CEO New York, BostonNovember 2 Rio Tinto (RIO) TBA LondonNovember 1-3 Intrepid Mines Brad Gordon, CEO Hong Kong, Singapore

Conferences, Site Visits, & Other

Date Topic LocationOctober 8 Talvivaara Mining Trip FinlandNovember 11 RBCCM Global Gold Conference London (Savoy)

RBCCM Precious Metal Price Forecasts (US$/oz)

Metal 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Long-TermGold $1,200 $1,200 $1,200 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000

Silver $18 $18 $18 $15 $15 $15

Platinum $1,600 $1,850 $1,600 $1,500 $1,450 $1,400

Palladium $500 $600 $500 $450 $450 $450

RBCCM Base Metals Price Forecasts (US$/lb)

Metal 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Long-TermCopper $3.15 $3.00 $3.25 $3.75 $3.75 $2.21

Lead $0.94 $0.94 $0.93 $0.92 $0.91 $0.61

Zinc $0.90 $0.85 $0.85 $1.00 $1.30 $0.99

Nickel $9.15 $8.00 $8.00 $8.50 $8.50 $8.28

Aluminum $0.93 $0.90 $0.90 $0.95 $0.95 $0.99

Moly $16.00 $25.00 $25.00 $20.00 $15.00 $12.14

Uranium $44.00 $55.00 $75.00 $80.00 $80.00 $80.00

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Price Report Target Return to 52 Wk 52 Wk NAV/sh

Company Tick Curr Curr Analyst Rating Risk Price (12m) Target High Low Est P/NAV

PGM Companies

Platinum Group Metals PTM CAD USD LE R R C$2.28 R R C$2.92 C$1.31 R R

Jubilee Platinum * JLP GBP USD LE O Spec 0.35 0.80 132% 0.71 0.38 1.78 0.19x

Wesizwe Platinum * WEZ ZAR USD LE O AA R 1.60 R 3.50 119% R 3.57 R 1.08 R 0.69 2.34x

Anooraq Resources ARQ CAD USD LE O AA C$1.10 C$1.90 73% C$1.75 C$0.82 C$1.43 0.77x

Platmin PPN CAD USD LE O AA C$0.98 C$1.50 53% C$1.94 C$0.72 C$1.80 0.54x

Eastern Platinum * ELR CAD USD LE O A C$1.39 C$2.10 51% C$1.72 C$0.53 C$1.75 0.80x

Impala Platinum IMP ZAR ZAR LE SP AA R 182.51 R 225.00 26% R 228.70 R 113.50 R 74.18 2.46x

Platinum Australia * PLA AUD USD LE SP AA A$0.66 A$0.80 21% A$1.29 A$0.62 A$0.81 0.82x

Sylvania Resources * SLV GBP AUD LE SP AA 0.50 0.60 20% 0.88 0.34 0.85 0.59x

Lonmin * LMI GBP USD LE O A 17.16 19.00 11% 21.98 8.84 11.01 1.56x

Anglo Platinum * AMS ZAR ZAR LE U A R 657.66 R 710.00 8% R 819.00 R 378.00 R 331.20 1.99x

Aquarius Platinum AQP GBP USD LE TP AA 3.38 3.50 7% 4.58 1.42 4.15 0.81x

Northam Platinum * NHM ZAR ZAR LE O AA R 47.25 R 48.00 3% R 57.72 R 20.05 R 39.42 1.20x

Nkwe Platinum * NKP AUD AUD LE U Spec A$0.57 A$0.35 (39%) A$0.73 A$0.26 A$0.50 1.14x

Global 37% 1.17x

Diamond Companies

Stellar Diamonds STEL GBP USD PM R R 0.08 R R 0.26 0.14 R R

Rockwell Diamonds RDI CAD CAD DK O Spec C$0.07 C$0.20 212% C$0.09 C$0.05 C$0.31 0.21x

Shore Gold Inc. SGF CAD CAD DK O Spec C$0.77 C$2.00 160% C$1.18 C$0.54 C$2.69 0.29x

Petra Diamonds PDL GBP USD DK O AA 0.81 1.40 73% 0.89 0.23 1.20 0.68x

Stornoway SWY CAD CAD DK O Spec C$0.65 C$0.90 39% C$0.80 C$0.17 C$1.18 0.55xHarry Winston Diamond HWD USD USD IN/DK O AA $11.76 $15.00 28% $14.57 $7.39 $12.91 n.m.

Namakwa Diamonds NAD GBP USD DK SP Spec 0.40 0.47 17% 0.51 0.15 0.47 0.86x

Gem Diamonds GEMD GBP USD DK SP AA 2.00 2.25 12% 2.85 1.16 2.25 0.89x

Global 77% 0.58x

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HOLD[SP] 588 45.40 122 20.75

SELL[U] 64 4.90 10 15.62

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