NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 44-101
SHORT FORM PROSPECTUS DISTRIBUTIONS
APPENDIX A
AUTHORIZATION OF INDIRECT COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

The attached Schedule 1 contains information concerning the name, position with or relationship to issuer, name and address of employer, if other than the issuer, residential address, date and place of birth and citizenship of each director, executive officer, promoter, if any, and each director and executive officer of the promoter, if any, of the issuer named below (the Issuer) as required by securities legislation, unless previously delivered to the regulator.  The Issuer hereby confirms that each person or company listed on Schedule 1

(a)

has been notified by the Issuer

(i)

of the Issuers delivery to the regulator of the information pertaining to the person or company as set out in Schedule 1,

(ii)

that such information is being collected indirectly by the regulator under the authority granted to it in securities legislation,

(iii)

that such information is being collected for the purpose of enabling the regulator to discharge his/her obligations under the provisions of securities legislation that, among other things, require or permit the regulator to refuse to issue a receipt for a prospectus if it appears to the regulator that the past conduct of management or promoters of the issuer affords reasonable grounds for belief that the business of the issuer will not be conducted with integrity and in the best interests of its securityholders, and

(iv)

that the title, business address and business telephone number of the public official in the local jurisdiction as set out in the attached Schedule 2, who can answer questions about the regulators indirect collection of the information; and

(b)

has authorized the indirect collection of the information by the regulator.

Date: May 16, 2003

ALGOMA STEEL INC.Name of Issuer

Per:     Paul C. Finley

Paul C. Finley

Name



Vice President  Business Development and Corporate Secretary



Official Capacity



(Please print the name of the individual whose
signature appears in the official capacity)

Schedule 1 
Personal Information to Appendix A 
Authorization of Indirect
Collection of Personal Information

ALGOMA STEEL INC.

|Name:                                               | Denis Andre Turcotte                               | 
|--------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | 
|Position with or Relationship to Issuer:            | Director and President and Chief Executive Officer | 
|Name and Address of Employer,
if other than Issuer: |                                                    | 
|                                                    |                                                    | 
|                                                    |                                                    | 
|                                                    |                                                    | 
|Residential Address:                                | 21 Summit Avenue                                   | 
|                                                    | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario                          | 
|                                                    | P6B 2S2                                            | 
|                                                    |                                                    | 
|Date and Place of Birth:                            | July 9, 1961    Beardmore, Ontario                 | 
|Citizenship:                                        | Canadian                                           | 
|                                                    |                                                    | 





Public Official to Appendix A 
Authorization of Indirect Collection of Personal Information

|Local Jurisdiction    | Public Official                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|--------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Alberta               | Executive Director
Alberta Securities Commission
Suite 400
300  5th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3C4
Telephone: (403) 297-4228                                                                                     
|British Columbia      | Supervisor, Registration
British Columbia Securities Commission
Suite 200
865 Hornby Street
Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2H4
Telephone: (604) 899-5692
Toll Free within British Columbia: (800) 373-6393              
|Manitoba              | Director
Manitoba Securities Commission
Consumer and Corporate Affairs
Administration
1034  405 Broadway
Winnipeg, Manitoba  R3C 3L6
Telephone: (204) 945-2653                                                          
|New Brunswick         | Administrator
Department of Justice
Securities Branch
Harbour Building, 133 Prince William Street
Suite 606, P.O. Box 5001
Saint John, New Brunswick  E2L 4Y9
Telephone: (506) 658-3060                                  
|Newfoundland          | Director of Securities
Department of Government Services and Lands
P.O. Box 8700
West Block, 2nd Floor, Confederation Building
St. Johns, Newfoundland  A1B 4J6
Telephone: (709) 729-4189                               
|Northwest Territories | Government of the Northwest Territories
Securities Registries
Department of Justice
P.O. Box 1320
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories   X1A 2L9                                                                           
|Nova Scotia           | Deputy Director, Compliance and Enforcement
Nova Scotia Securities Commission
P.O. Box 458
Halifax, Nova Scotia  B3J 2P8
Telephone: (902) 424-5354                                                                       
|Nunavut               | Nunavut Legal Registries
Government of Nunavut
BAG 9500
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories  X1A 2R3                                                                                                                      
|Ontario               | Administrative Assistant to the Director of Corporate Finance
Ontario Securities Commission
18th Floor, 20 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario  M5H 2S8
(416) 597-0681                                                    
|Prince Edward Island  | Deputy Registrar, Securities Division
Shaw Building
95 Rochford Street, P.O. Box 2000, 4th Floor
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island  C1A 7N8
Telephone: (902) 368-4550                                                  
|Quebec                | Secretary and Director
Legal Department
Commission daccPs B linformation
QuJbec City (Head Office)
575, rue St-Amable
Bureau 1.10
QuJbec, QuJbec  G1R 2G4
Telephone: (418) 528-7741
Toll Free in QuJbec: (888) 628-7741
|Saskatchewan          | Director
Saskatchewan Securities Commission
800-1920 Broad Street
Regina, Saskatchewan  S4P 3V7
Telephone: (306) 787-5842                                                                                                
|Yukon                 | Registrar of Securities
Department of Justice
Andrew A. Philipsen Law Centre
2130  2nd Avenue, 3rd Floor
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory  Y1A 5H6
Telephone: (867) 667-5005