The Mission Group Regulatory News (TMG)

8 Feb 2005 07:00

Thistle Mining Inc.08 February 2005 THISTLE MINING INC Thistle Mining Inc. Obtains Extension and Claims Orders under Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act Toronto, 8 February 2005. Thistle Mining Inc. (TSX: THT and AIM: TMG) Thistle Mining Inc. ("Thistle") announces that on 4 February 2005 it obtainedfrom the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (the "Court") an order granting it anextension to March 31, 2005 of protection under the Companies' CreditorsArrangement Act. Thistle also obtained an order of the Court approving a claims procedure forcreditors of Thistle and establishing a claims bar date of March 15, 2005. Acopy of the claims order is available on the following website established byPricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. (the "Monitor"): www.pwc.com/brs-thistlemining The Monitor also filed with the Court its first report dated February 3, 2005.The report is also available on the Monitor's website. For further information, contact Grant Sawiak, Secretary, 001-416-941-8841. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange