Agnico-Eagle announces board changes
January 17 2005 - 6:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Agnico-Eagle announces board changes Stock Symbols: AEM (NYSE) AGE
(TSX) TORONTO, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Agnico-Eagle Mines
Limited is pleased to announce that Ebe Scherkus, P.Eng., Executive
Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Agnico-Eagle Mines
Limited, has been appointed to the board of directors of the
company effective today. Mr. Scherkus has been with the company for
20 years and has held his current position since 1998. Prior to
that, Mr. Scherkus served as Vice-President, Operations from 1996
and as a manager of the Company's LaRonde Division from 1986. Mr.
Scherkus is a graduate of McGill University (B.Sc.). Mr. Scherkus
also serves as a director of Contact Diamond Corporation, a TSX
listed company in which Agnico-Eagle holds a 44.2% interest, and as
a director of Riddarhyttan Resources AB, a Stockholm Stock Exchange
listed company in which Agnico-Eagle holds a 14% interest. Mr.
Scherkus replaces Dr. Alan Green who resigned today as a director
of the corporation. About Agnico-Eagle Agnico-Eagle is a long
established Canadian gold producer with operations located in
northwestern Quebec and exploration and development activities in
eastern Canada and the southwestern United States. Agnico-Eagle's
LaRonde Mine in Quebec is Canada's largest gold deposit. The
Company has full exposure to higher gold prices consistent with its
policy of no forward gold sales. It has paid a cash dividend for 25
consecutive years. DATASOURCE: Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited CONTACT:
David Garofalo, V.P. Finance and CFO, (416) 947-1212
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