Getchell Gold Corporation Sets Special Meeting Date

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (PROTEXT) - Getchell Gold Corporation (Amex:GGO) announced today that its Board of Directors has scheduled aspecial meeting of its stockholders for May 27, 1999 regardingthe proposed merger with Placer Dome Inc., and has set April 26,1999 as the record date for voting at the special meeting. TheCompany will first mail its proxy statement relating to thespecial meeting as filed with the Securities and ExchangeCommission on or about April 28, 1999. Subject to stockholderapproval, the transaction is scheduled to close by the end ofMay. Placer Dome and Getchell Gold announced an agreement andplan of merger on December 13, 1998. Getchell Gold Corporation is a gold mining and explorationcompany with operations in north central Nevada and a corporateoffice in Englewood, Colorado. ots Original Text Service:Getchell Gold Corporation Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.deContact: Donald S. Robson, Vice President & Chief FinancialOfficer of Getchell Gold Corporation, 303-771-9000

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