MAY 11, 2007 - 13:54 ET
Blue Pearl Elects Two New Directors and Changes Name to Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc.; New TSX Symbol 'TCM' Effective May 15, 2007
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - May 11, 2007) - Blue Pearl Mining Ltd. (TSX
LE)(TSX
LE.WT.A)(FRANKFURT:A6R), one of the world's largest publicly traded, pure molybdenum producers, today announced that the Company has changed its name to Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. effective May 11, 2007.
The name change was approved by shareholders at the Company's Annual and Special Meeting on May 10, 2007.
Effective at the opening on May 15, 2007, the Company's common shares and common share purchase warrants currently listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols BLE and BLE.WT.A, respectively, will commence trading under the new name Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. and the new symbols TCM and TCM.WT, respectively.
The Company is also pleased to announce the election of two new Directors of the Company: James P. Geyer, Senior Vice President of Gold Reserve Inc., a mineral development company; and Timothy J. Haddon, President and Chief Executive Officer of International Natural Resource Management Co., a private company involved in mining industry investment and consultation, and Chairman of Anatolia Minerals Development Limited, a mineral exploration company.