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1996 - 2008 ($000 Canadian)

2008f 2007p 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 Metals Antimony 11,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 207 704 312 0 Cobalt 121,538 35,193 26,666 8,441 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Copper 487,351 364,606 233,103 25,906 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,097 16,281 Gold 6,412 2,181 0 0 8,179 19,927 23,107r 17,958 19,678 16,633 19,388 42,121 47,827 Iron Ore 2,529,410 1,176,665 1,341,578 1,286,771 624,677 720,427 728,909 691,626 764,109 623,405 1,026,517 919,409 799,331 Magnetite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,500 10,500 Nickel 2,213,949 2,144,742 1,275,012 182,602 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Silver 5,305 4,812 0 0 26 49 54r 75 137 138 159 107 325 Zinc 54,556 50,318 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total Metals 5,429,521 3,778,517 2,876,359 1,503,720 632,882 740,403 752,070 709,659 783,924 640,383 1,046,768 967,546 874,264 Non-metals Asbestos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 388 Barite 400 607 709 135 0 0 0 0 0 36 530 0 0 Brick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 300 358 228 Cement 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,915 10,700 9,218 8,617 8,500 Dolomite * 15,077 10,889 9,567 8,706 6,549 7,938 11,455 7,834 9,498 7,179 7,484 8,193 3,533 Gypsum 90 113 450 450 522 517 531 464 558 948 264 207 273 Limestone * 7,088 8,876 8,863 7,614 7,291 6,542 6,090 2,815 6,925 5,369 5,301 4,139 3,338 Peat 835 599 620 821 919 941 894 813 817r 1,172 964 873 1,035 Pyrophyllite 57 19 0 77 94 165 280r 0 5 45 0 0 4 Sand & Gravel 7,936 7,802 9,047 9,977 7,670 7,541 8,892r 11,719 10,528 9,904 17,764 11,719 11,269 Silica 2,052 2,052 2,394 1,815 1,815 1,815 1,980 2,178 2,640 0 0 0 0 Stone (aggregate)* 11,445 10,965 13,355 11,333 9,610 6,449 7,519 11,575r 9,683 4,931 3,250 3,064 3,654 Stone (dimension) 8,584 5,249 5,267 5,797 5,316 4,085 5,843 7,089r 4,713 3,057 3,952 5,422 4,845 Total Non-metals 53,564 47,171 50,272 46,725 39,786 35,993 43,484 44,487 52,282 43,641 49,027 42,592 37,067   Total Shipments 5,483,085 3,825,688 2,926,631 1,550,445 672,668 776,396 795,554 754,146 836,206 684,024 1,095,795 1,010,138 911,331

f: forecast; r: revised; e: estimate. * Stone (aggregate) does not include dolomite or limestone aggregate. Dolomite and limestone include aggregate and non-aggregate end uses. Sources: 1995 to 2003 - Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources and Natural Resources Canada; 2004e and 2005f - Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources. Last updated: Thursday, September 25, 2008

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