April 30, 2001
Notice Number:  01-143

TO:
ALL COMEX DIVISION MEMBERS AND MEMBER FIRMS
ALL NYMEX DIVISION MEMBERS AND MEMBER FIRMS

FROM:
Neal Wolkoff, Executive Vice President

SUBJECT:
Proposed Amendments to Supplement No. 1, &Official List of Approved Refiners 
and Brands8 of the Gold and Silver Futures Contracts and Supplement No. 2 
&Official List of Approved Assayers and Assayer/Refiners of the Platinum and 
Palladium Futures Contracts


The Exchange proposes to amend Supplement No. 1, &Official List of Approved 
Refiners and Brands8 of the Gold Futures Contract and Supplement No. 1, 
&Official List of Approved Refiners and Brands8 of the Silver Futures 
Contract.  The proposed amendments change the status of the gold and silver 
brands produced by Golden West Refining Corporation Limited/Handy & Harman 
Refining Group, Inc. to no longer produced by adding an asterisk (*) next to 
the brand.  The Handy & Harman Refining Group gold brand and silver brand may 
not be delisted since there are bars of silver and gold bearing this hallmark 
on deposit in Exchange Licensed Depositories.

The Exchange proposes to amend Supplement No.2, &Official List of Approved 
Assayers and Assayer/Refiners8 of the Platinum and Palladium Futures 
Contracts.  The proposed amendments delists Golden West Refining Corp. 
Ltd/Handy & Harman Refining Group Inc as an Approved Assayer/Refiner from the 
Exchange,s Palladium Futures Contract and as an Approved Assayer for the 
Platinum Futures Contract.  There are no assay certificates issued by Handy & 
Harman Refining Group for platinum or palladium in any Exchange Licensed 
Depository nor are there any platinum or palladium bars hallmarked by Handy & 
Harman Refining Group.

The proposed amendments must be approved by the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission (&CFTC8) before becoming effective.  The Exchange membership will 
be notified upon receipt of CFTC approval and the effective date of the 
amendments.

A copy of the proposed amendments can be found at 
http://www.nymex.com/refernce/notices/2001/ntm_143.htm

If you have any questions, please contact Albert J. Getz at 212-299-2608.



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