VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Oct. 14, 2008) - Imperial Metals Corporation (TSX:III) reports that a portion of its commodity hedges are with Lehman Brothers Commodity Services Inc. ("LBCS"), a subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ("Lehman"). Both Lehman and LBCS have filed for bankruptcy protection.
The contracts with LBCS represent approximately 20% of the pounds of copper that Imperial has hedged at October 14, 2008. The put contracts with LBCS, all for settlement in 2009, cover a total of 14,550,000 pounds of copper at a weighted average strike price of US$3.05 per pound of copper.
Excluding contracts with LBCS, the Company has the following option contracts as of October 14, 2008:
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