Date: February 11, 2004

CONTACT: Diane Hendry at (775) 623-1500

GLAMIS MARIGOLD MINING COMPANY MILLENNIUM EXPANSION PROJECT

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Winnemucca Field Office, announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) approving the Marigold Mining Company’s Millennium Expansion Project. The ROD authorizes a plan of operations amendment that will expand gold mining activities at Marigold Mine which is located approximately three miles south of Valmy in Humboldt County, Nevada.

The expansion would disturb approximately 1,474 acres and would include expansion of two existing open pits and an existing waste rock storage area and ancillary facilities, and create five new open pits, two new heap leach facilities, new waste rock storage areas, and new ancillary facilities within the project area. The project was analyzed in a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement issued in December 2003.

The ROD is currently available at the Winnemucca Field Office and on the Winnemucca Field Office website. For further information on the ROD contact Jeff Johnson, Planning & Environmental Coordinator, at the Winnemucca Field Office (775) 623-1500.

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