30 Apr 2009 13:30
30 April 2009
Resolutions of Annual General Meeting
Talvivaara Mining Company Plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that, at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 3:00 pm on 28 April 2009, all the resolutions proposed, as set out in the notice of the meeting to shareholders dated 17 March 2009, were duly passed. The resolutions included:
that the number of Board members remain seven and that Mr. Gordon Edward Haslam, Ms. Eileen Carr and Ms. Saila Miettinen-Lähde, who retire by rotation pursuant to the articles of association, be re-appointed as directors of the Company;
that article 6.2 of the Company's articles of association, limiting the borrowing powers of the Board of Directors, be amended so that the maximum borrowing powers are defined as an amount higher of the sum of twice the Company's capital and reserves and 600 million euros; and
that the Board of Directors be authorised to repurchase a maximum of 10,000,000 of the Company's own shares through public trading, and to convey a maximum of 10,000,000 of the Company's own shares, each in deviation of the pre-emptive rights of shareholders.
ENQUIRIES Talvivaara Mining Company Plc Tel: +358 20 7129 800Pekka PeräSaila Miettinen-Lähde Merlin Tel: +44 207 653 6620 Tom Randell Anca Spiridon
About Talvivaara Mining Company Plc.
Talvivaara is a Finnish mining company operating a large open pit nickel mine in Sotkamo, Finland. Talvivaara aims to become an internationally significant base metals producer with its primary focus on nickel and zinc using a technology known as bioheapleaching to extract metals out of ore. Bioheapleaching makes extraction of metals from low grade ore economically viable. The Talvivaara deposits comprise one of the largest known sulphide nickel resources in Europe. The ore body is sufficient to support anticipated production for over 60 years. The Company has secured a 10-year off-take agreement for 100 per cent of its main output of nickel and cobalt to Norilsk Nickel. Talvivaara is listed on the London Stock Exchange Main Market and is included in the FTSE 250 Index. Further information can be found at www.talvivaara.com