Media Advisory - Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada news
conference on Bill C-300, corporate accountability for mining, oil and gas
activities in developing countries

TORONTO, March 5 /CNW/ - The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) will be holding a news conference to discuss Bill C-300, a federal private member's bill on corporate accountability for mining, oil and gas activities in developing countries. The news conference will be held in conjunction with the International Convention, Trade Show and Investors Exchange of the PDAC.

    
    When:     Monday, March 8 at 2:15 p.m.

    Where:    Ceremonial Balcony, First Floor
              South Building, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
              222 Bremner Boulevard
              Toronto
    

Open to accredited media only. For accreditation, please go to the PDAC media centre, room 709, South Building, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, between 9 am and 5.30 pm, Sunday, March 7, or from 8 am onwards, Monday, March 8.

About the PDAC:

The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada is a national association representing the mineral exploration and development industry. Its 7,000 individual and corporate members are involved in the exploration, discovery and development of new mines and new wealth in Canada and around the world. The association hosts the world's largest annual mineral industry convention with participants from more than 100 countries. Attendance at the 2010 convention, to be held in the south building of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, is expected to exceed 20,000.

For further information: Saley Lawton, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, [phone] ext. 225, [phone] (mobile), [email protected]; Robert Simpson, PR Associates, [phone] (mobile), [email protected]