Media Contacts: Tracy Glynn, Mining Advocacy Network, JATAM, Tel: (709)-739-5120, Email:

Media Contacts: Tracy Glynn, Mining Advocacy Network, JATAM, Tel: (709)-739-5120, Email: tracy@jatam.org
Gabriel Keresztesi, Memorial University student, Tel: (709)-576-4322, Email: r97gek@mun.ca

For more informaton, please visit:
www.jatam.org/english/case/inco
www.incowatch.org

- Media Advisory -

Environmental Defence, MiningWatch Canada

Representatives from communities around the world impacted by Inco attend annual shareholders’ meeting

What: Representatives from New Caledonia, Guatemala, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Port Colborne, Ontario – communities around the world impacted by Inco operations – will attend the mining company’s annual shareholders’ meeting. They will take the opportunity to question Inco CEO, Scott Hand, about the company’s poor environmental and human rights track record, and to demand real action to improve community relations.

When: Wednesday, April 21, 2004The shareholders’ meeting begins at 10:00 a.m.

Who: Representatives from New Caledonia, Guatemala, St. John’s and Port Colborne
NOTE: Representatives will be available for interviews after the meeting

Where: Design Exchange
Trading Floor
234 Bay Street (west side of Bay between King and Wellington Streets)

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Contact: Jennifer Foulds, Environmental Defence Canada, (416) 323-9521 ext. 232 or (647) 280-9521 (cell)
Catherine Coumans, MiningWatch Canada, (613) 569-3439 or (613)-795-5710 (cell)