Forward-Looking Statements Falconbridge cautions that statements made to describe the Company's intentions, expectations or predictions may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of securities laws. The Company cautions that, by their nature forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty and that the Company's actual results could differ materially from those expressed orimplied in such statements. Reference should be made to the companys most recent Annual Information Form filed with Canadian securities regulatory authorities (and available at www.sedar.com)foradescriptionofthemajorriskfactors All production volumes and reserves and resources in metric tonnesForward-Looking Statements • Falconbridge cautions that statements made to describe the Company’ s intentions, expectations or predictions may be “forward-looking statements”within the meaning of securities laws. The Company cautions that, by their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty and that the Company’ s actual results could differ materially from those expressed orimplied in such statements. Reference should be made to the Company’ s most recent Annual Information Form filed with Canadian securities regulatory authorities (and available at www.sedar.com) for a description of the major risk factors. All production volumes and reserves and resources in metric tonnes