Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Gold Reserve rejects takeover offer from Rusoro Mining

Gold Reserve Inc. (GRZ ) says it has rejected an unsolicited takeover offer from Rusoro Mining Ltd. (RML).
Rusoro offered two shares for each share of Gold Reserve - a proposal that the Spoke, Wash.-based company's board said was inadequate and not in the best interests of shareholders. 'This highly conditional expression of interest attributed a $90 million value to Gold Reserve's equity,' said Doug Belanger, president of Gold Reserve. 'The expression of interest did not take into account Gold Reserve's current financial position, and gave little value for our company's proven and probable reserves of 10.2 million ounces of gold and 1.4 billion pounds of copper.' Gold Reserve said, however, that it is 'always willing' to discuss any potential opportunities to increase shareholder value.



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