(PR NEWSWIRE) Coeur Announces Filing of 'Universal Shelf' Registration Statement
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Coeur d'Alene
Mines Corporation (NYSE: CDE) today announced that it filed a "universal
shelf" registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange
Commission to register the offer and sale by the Company from time to time of
up to $150,000,000 of various securities, which may include debt securities,
preferred stock, common stock and or warrants. The Company currently expects
that it will use the proceeds of the sale of any securities registered under
the registration statement for general corporate purposes.
The registration statement on Form S-3 relating to these securities filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission has not yet become effective.
These securities may not be sold nor may any offers to buy be accepted prior
to the time that the registration statement becomes effective. This press
release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer
to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior
to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or
jurisdiction. The offering of the securities shall be made only by means of a
prospectus contained in the registration statement filed with and declared
effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation is the world's largest primary silver
producer, as well as a significant, low-cost producer of gold. The Company
has mining interests in Nevada, Idaho, Alaska, Argentina, Chile and Bolivia.
CONTACT: Tony Ebersole
Director of Investor Relations
800-523-1535
Cautionary Statement
This document contains numerous forward-looking statements relating to the
Company's silver and gold mining business. The United States Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" for certain
forward-looking statements. Operating, exploration and financial data, and
other statements in this document are based on information the company
believes reasonable, but involve significant uncertainties as to future gold
and silver prices, costs, ore grades, estimation of gold and silver reserves
and resources, mining and processing conditions, changes that could result
from the Company's future acquisition 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, and risks inherent in the ownership and
operation of, or investment in, mining properties or businesses in foreign
countries. Actual results and timetables could vary significantly from the
estimates presented. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on
forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any intent or obligation to
update publicly these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
SOURCE Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation
-0- 12/11/2003
/CONTACT: Tony Ebersole, Director of Investor Relations of Coeur d'Alene,
1-800-523-1535/
/Web site: coeur.com /
(CDE)
CO: Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation
ST: Idaho
IN: MNG
SU: OFR
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