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On behalf of James Crombie & Gerri
Paxton, please find attached the latest press release from Palmarejo Silver
and Gold Corporation dated July 3, 2007
Should you have any questions, please
feel free to contact Gerri Paxton at gpaxton@pjogold.com.
Sincerely,
PRESS RELEASE / July 3, 2007
COEUR D’ALENE MINES, BOLNISI AND
PALMAREJO PROVIDE TRANSACTION UPDATE
Coeur Completes Due Diligence
Companies Committed to Closing Transaction
in Fourth Quarter of 2007
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho, SYDNEY, Australia
and LONGUEUIL, Quebec – July 3, 2007 – Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation
(NYSE: CDE, TSX: CDM), Bolnisi Gold NL (ASX: BSG) and Palmarejo Silver
and Gold Corporation (TSX-V: PJO) today announced that Coeur has completed
its due diligence under the terms of the Merger Implementation Agreement
with Bolnisi and that the companies expect to complete the transaction
in the fourth quarter of 2007.
The Joint Operating Committee has completed
its work and a Project Development Committee responsible for daily management
of the mine’s construction consisting of professional staff from Coeur,
Bolnisi and Palmarejo has been established. The companies have agreed
to appoint an interim project manager to be a senior Coeur executive with
substantial development and operational expertise.
While the initial focus will be to develop
the Rosario deposit using open pit mining methods, the Project Development
Committee will complete a pre-feasibility study by the end of August, which
will include a combined open-pit and underground mine development scenario.
Based on a recently-completed scoping
study and optimization work for this combined open-pit and underground
mine development, the total estimated capital costs to bring the Palmarejo
Project into production, including pre-stripping, underground development,
mining fleet, power line, ongoing permitting, owner’s costs and contingency,
will be approximately US$200 million and initial production from open pit
mining is expected in the fourth quarter of 2008.
“We are pleased to have completed the
due diligence process, and continue to believe that this transaction is
in the best interests of Coeur’s shareholders,” said Dennis E. Wheeler,
Coeur’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. “With
this transaction, the companies are establishing the new Coeur as the clear
leader in the silver mining industry with the addition of this world-class
silver/gold asset located in Mexico. In addition, we believe the combined
company’s balance sheet will sufficiently fund all three of our major
development projects over the next two years – San Bartolome, Kensington,
and Palmarejo – without a need to further access the capital markets.”
Norman A. Seckold, Chairman of Bolnisi
and Palmarejo, said “We continue to be very excited about this transaction,
as it provides our shareholders with the opportunity to participate in
the upside potential of what we believe will be the world’s premier silver
company. By leveraging Coeur’s expertise in underground and open
cut project development, we expect to realize the full value of the Palmarejo
Project.”
The companies expect to begin mailing
information to Coeur, Bolnisi, and Palmarejo shareholders in September.
All three companies’ shareholder meetings are expected to be held
in October. Assuming timely completion of the required regulatory
processes and receipt of the required shareholder and court approvals,
the companies expect the transaction to be completed in the fourth quarter
of 2007.
About Coeur d’Alene Mines
Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation is
one of the world's leading primary silver producers and a growing gold
producer. The company has mining interests in Alaska, Argentina, Australia,
Bolivia, Chile, Nevada, and Tanzania.
About Bolnisi
Bolnisi Gold NL is an Australia-based
company engaged in mining and exploration for gold and minerals. The Company's
activities are all Mexican precious metals operations with an existing
portfolio of projects, which include the Palmarejo Silver-Gold project
(including Trogan), Chihuahua; the Yecora Gold-Silver project, Sonora,
and the El Realito Gold-Silver project, Chihuahua.
About Palmarejo
Palmarejo Silver And Gold Corporation
is a silver/gold exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange
under the symbol "PJO". Palmarejo's principal activity is to
explore and develop gold and silver properties located in the Temoris District
of Chihuahua, Mexico within the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range.
Cautionary Statement
This press release contains forward-looking
statements within the meaning of securities legislation in the United States
and Canada, including statements regarding the terms and conditions of
the proposed transaction and anticipated operating results. Such statements
are subject to numerous assumptions and uncertainties, many of which are
outside the control of Coeur or Palmarejo, as the case may be. Operating,
exploration and financial data, and other statements in this press release
are based on information that Coeur or Palmarejo, as the case may be, believes
is reasonable, but involve significant uncertainties affecting the business
of Coeur or Palmarejo, as the case may be, including, but not limited to,
future gold and silver prices, costs, ore grades, estimation of gold and
silver reserves, mining and processing conditions, construction schedules,
currency exchange rates, and the completion and/or updating of mining feasibility
studies, changes that could result from future acquisitions of new mining
properties or businesses, the risks and hazards inherent in the mining
business (including environmental hazards, industrial accidents, weather
or geologically related conditions), regulatory and permitting matters,
risks inherent in the ownership and operation of, or investment in, mining
properties or businesses in foreign countries, as well as other uncertainties
and risk factors set out in filings made from time to time with the SEC
and the Ontario Securities Commission, including, without limitation, Coeur’s
reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and Palmarejo’s Annual Information
Form. Additionally, there are risks that the parties will not proceed with
the proposed transaction, that the ultimate terms of the proposed transaction
will differ from those that currently are contemplated, and that the proposed
transaction will be not be successfully completed for any reason (including
the failure to obtain the required approvals or clearances from regulatory
authorities). Actual results, developments and timetables could vary
significantly from the estimates presented. Readers are cautioned not to
put undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Coeur and Palmarejo disclaim
any intent or obligation to update publicly such forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Additionally,
Coeur and Palmarejo undertake no obligation to comment on analyses, expectations
or statements made by third parties in respect of Coeur and Palmarejo,
their financial or operating results or their securities or the proposed
transaction.
Additional Information
The proxy statement that Coeur plans
to file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
and Canadian securities regulators and mail to its shareholders will contain
information about Coeur, Bolnisi, Palmarejo, the Palmarejo Project, the
proposed transaction and related matters. Shareholders are urged
to read the proxy statement carefully when it is available, as it will
contain important information that shareholders should consider before
making a decision about the proposed transaction. In addition to
receiving the proxy statement from Coeur by mail, shareholders will also
be able to obtain the proxy statement, as well as other filings containing
information about Coeur, without charge, from the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov)
and the Canadian securities regulators’ website (www.sedar.com) or, without
charge, from Coeur. This announcement is neither a solicitation of
a proxy, an offer to purchase, nor a solicitation of an offer to sell shares
of Coeur. Coeur and its executive officers and directors may be deemed
to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Coeur’s shareholders
with respect to the proposed transaction. Information regarding any
interests that Coeur’s executive officers and directors may have in the
proposed transaction will be set forth in the proxy statement. The
Coeur shares to be issued in the proposed transaction have not been and
will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or
an applicable exemption from registration requirements. Coeur intends
to issue such Coeur shares pursuant to the exemption from registration
set forth in Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act.
Copies of the merger implementation
agreements and certain related documents will be filed with the SEC and
Canadian securities regulators and will be available at the SEC’s website
at www.sec.gov and at the Canadian securities regulators’ website
at www.sedar.com.
Contacts:
Coeur:
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Tony Ebersole
Director – Investor Relations
(208) 771-0150
Mitchell J. Krebs
Senior Vice President – Corporate Development
(888) 545-1138
Matthew Sherman / Jennifer Schaefer
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
(212) 355-4449
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Bolnisi:
Norman Seckold
Chairman
011 (61 2) 9247 5300
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Palmarejo:
James Crombie
President & CEO
(450) 677-2253 |
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Palmarejo Silver and Gold Corporation
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CODE : PJO.V |
ISIN : 69672B 10 |
CUSIP : 69672B 10 7 |
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Palmarejo Silver and Gold est une société d’exploration minière d'or et d'argent basée au Canada. Palmarejo Silver and Gold est cotée au Canada. Sa capitalisation boursière aujourd'hui est 1,0 milliards CA$ (1,0 milliards US$, 722,0 millions €). La valeur de son action a atteint son plus bas niveau récent le 23 novembre 2007 à 10,00 CA$, et son plus haut niveau récent le 20 décembre 2007 à 11,30 CA$. Palmarejo Silver and Gold possède 91 906 838 actions en circulation. |
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