2007 News Releases 2006 News Releases 2005 News Releases 2004 News Releases 2003 News Releases News Release Archives			December 18, 2002 Pacific Rim Mining Corp. Announces Second Quarter Results PMU News Release #02-18 TSX, AMEX Symbol PMU December 18, 2002 PACIFIC RIM MINING CORP. ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER RESULTS Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce the quarterly financial and operating results for the three months ended October 31, 2002. All figures are expressed in United States dollars unless otherwise stated. Complete quarterly results are available on SEDAR or EDGAR or at the Company's website (www.pacrim-mining.com). Second Quarter Highlights § The Compa... (11 KB) December 03, 2002 Latest Drill Results From The El Dorado Program And Update On The Denton-Rawhide Mine News Release #02-17 Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce the latest drill results from its ongoing diamond drill program on the El Dorado project, El Salvador. Results have been received for 6 new drill holes; P02-221 through 226, as presented in the following table. About the Drill Results, S... (10 KB) November 05, 2002 Additional Drill Results From El Dorado Program Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce the latest drilling results from its ongoing El Dorado diamond drill program. Results have been received for 4 new drill holes; P02-217 through 210, as presented in the following table. ABOUT THE DRILL RESULTS Pacific Rim's El Dorado drill program contin... (8 KB) October 10, 2002 Pacific Rim Mining To Extend El Dorado Drill Program PMU News Release #02-15 TSX, AMEX Symbol PMU October 10, 2002 PACIFIC RIM MINING TO EXTEND EL DORADO DRILL PROGRAM Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has approved an additional US$ 1 million budget to continue drilling on the Company's El Dorado gold project in El Salvador. Pacific Rim has completed approximately 20 drill holes at El Dorado to date. The program is concentrating on 'scout' drilling selected veins within the central area of th... (4 KB) September 23, 2002 Additional Drill Results From El Dorado Program PMU News Release #02-14 Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to provide an update of its El Dorado exploration program, including the latest drilling results. Results have been received for 10 new drill holes; P02-207 through 216. Pacific Rim is conducting an on-going diamond drill program on the El Dorado project. The program is concentrating on the central part of the district at present, and to date has comprised 14 holes all drilled within 1 kilometer of the Minita vein. The Minita Vein... (8 KB) September 19, 2002 Pacific Rim Mining Corp. Announces First Quarter Results PMU News Release #02-13 TSX, AMEX Symbol PMU September 19, 2002 PACIFIC RIM MINING CORP. ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER RESULTS Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce the quarterly financial and operating results for the three months ended July 31, 2002. All figures are expressed in United States dollars unless otherwise stated. Complete quarterly results are available on SEDAR or at the Company's website (www.pacrim-mining.com). First Quarter Highlights § The Company realized n... (7 KB) August 09, 2002 Pacific Rim Options Cerro Gaspar Project From Brett Resources Pacific Rim News Release #02-12 TSX, AMEX Symbol PMU Brett Resources News Release TSX Venture Exchange: BRN August 9, 2002 PACIFIC RIM OPTIONS CERRO GASPAR PROJECT FROM BRETT RESOURCES Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce the formation of a joint venture with Brett Resources Inc. on the Cerro Gaspar Project, northeastern El Salvador. The Cerro Gaspar project is approximately 100 kilometers east of Pacific Rim's El Dorado gold project. Under the terms of the agreement, P... (5 KB) August 06, 2002 Pacific Rim Announces Year-End Results PMU News Release #02-11 TSX, AMEX Symbol PMU August 06, 2002 PACIFIC RIM ANNOUNCES YEAR-END RESULTS Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce its financial results for the four months ended April 30, 2002. Complete financial statements will be included in the Company's 2002 Annual Report to be mailed to shareholders in late August, 2002. The results reflect the activities and financial position of Pacific Rim Mining Corp., (the Company) a new Corporation resulting from the Apri... (6 KB) August 02, 2002 HIGH-GRADE GOLD INTERSECTED ON EL DORADO DRILL PROGRAM News Release 02-10 Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce the latest results from its on-going diamond drill program and further drill target generation on surface at the El Dorado gold project located in El Salvador. Assay results for the bottom 70 meters of P02-204, and all of P02-205 and P02-206 have been received and assays are pending for an additional four holes. A summary of the latest drill results is presented in the following table: ... (8 KB) July 03, 2002 PACIFIC RIM RECEIVES FINAL DIABLILLOS PAYMENTS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce Silver Standard has issued 142,970 common shares to Pacific Rim to fulfill the final two payments of US$500,000 due June 30, 2003 and US$400,000 due December 31, 2003 required under the terms of the agreement. The issuance is based on a 20-day weighted average share price of approximately US$6.29 per share. These shares have a four-month hold period expiring October 29, 2002, under applicable securities legislation. "We are very happy to have ... (3 KB) July 03, 2002 PACIFIC RIM INTERSECTS HIGH-GRADE GOLD ON EL DORADO DRILL PROGRAM News Release #02-08 Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to release the up to date results of its diamond drill program on the El Dorado gold project in El Salvador. These drill results are part of an on-going program that is expected to comprise approximately 20 drill holes and total roughly 7,000 meters of diamond drilling on a variety of vein targets within the El Dorado District. A summary of the drill results obtained to date is presented in the following table: ... (9 KB) June 11, 2002 Denton-Rawhide Gold Mine Cleans Up Solution Spill PMU News Release #02-07 TSE, AMEX Symbol PMU June 11, 2002 DENTON-RAWHIDE GOLD MINE CLEANS UP SOLUTION SPILL Pacific Rim Mining Corp. was notified late afternoon, Monday, June 10, 2002 by the General Manager of the Kennecott Rawhide Mine that the Denton-Rawhide Mine had experienced a process solution spill on which clean up had already been completed. On Sunday, June 9, 2002, leaching process solution used at the Denton-Rawhide Mine, located in Mineral County, Nevada, overflowed ... (5 KB) May 28, 2002 Pacific Rim Commences Diamond Drilling Program on El Dorado PMU News Release #02-06 TSE, AMEX Symbol PMU May 28, 2002 PACIFIC RIM COMMENCES DIAMOND DRILLING PROGRAM ON EL DORADO Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that it has commenced an approximately 7,000 meter, US $1 million diamond drill program on the El Dorado gold project in El Salvador. The El Dorado project is an adularia-sericite-type epithermal gold project that hosts high-grade bonanza gold. Over 35 known quartz veins have been identified and these veins have a total... (4 KB) May 21, 2002 Pacific Rim Acquires Bonanza-Grade La Calera Project PMU News Release #02-05 TSE, AMEX Symbol PMU May 21, 2002 PACIFIC RIM ACQUIRES BONANZA-GRADE LA CALERA PROJECT Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that it has signed a letter of intent with Minerales Entremares El Salvador, S.A. de C.V. to acquire the La Calera gold project, located approximately 8 kilometers west of Pacific Rim's El Dorado gold deposit in El Salvador. Under the letter of intent Pacific Rim has the option to acquire 100% of the 35 square kilometer proj... (4 KB) April 12, 2002 Final Approvals of Amalgamation of Pacific Rim and Dayton Mining Pacific Rim Mining (PFG:TSE, SEC FILE:029704) Dayton Mining Corporation (DAY:TSE,AMEX) PFG news release # 02-04 April 12, 2002 FINAL APPROVALS OF AMALGAMATION OF PACIFIC RIM AND DAYTON MINING Pacific Rim Mining Corp. ("Pacific Rim") and Dayton Mining Corporation ("Dayton") are pleased to announce the Court approval and closing of the amalgamation of the two companies on April 10 and 11, respectively. It is anticipated that the shares of the amalgamated company wi... (3 KB) April 03, 2002 Shareholders Approve Amalgamation of Pacific Rim and Dayton Mining PFG news release # 02-03 April 3, 2002 SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE AMALGAMATION OF PACIFIC RIM AND DAYTON MINING Pacific Rim Mining Corp. ("Pacific Rim") and Dayton Mining Corporation ("Dayton") are pleased to announce that both companies have received overwhelming shareholder approval of their amalgamation. Of the 7,298,209 shares of Pacific Rim voted, 98.05% voted for the amalgamation. Of the 17,547,706 shares of Dayton voted, 99.91% voted for the amalgamation. The final step to... (4 KB) February 22, 2002 Dayton Mining Corporation Announces Operating And Financial Results For The Year Ending December 31, 2001 Bill Myckatyn, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dayton Mining Corporation, (DAY: AMEX, TSE) announced today the operating and financial results for the Company for the fourth quarter and the year ending December 31, 2001. All figures are in United States dollars. OPERATIONS REVIEW FOR 2001 During the fourth quarter of 2001, consolidated production (all from the Denton-Rawhide Mine) for Dayton Mining Corporation was 11,675 ounces of gold and 84,259 ounces of silver at a cash produ... (37 KB) January 21, 2002 Pacific Rim Receives Diablillos Payments Ahead of Schedule PFG News Release #02-02 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 January 21, 2002 PACIFIC RIM RECEIVES DIABLILLOS PAYMENTS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce it has received an additional US$ 1 million payment from Silver Standard Resources Inc. toward their purchase of the Diablillos project in northwestern Argentina. Under the terms of the formal agreement, Silver Standard will pay a total of US$ 3.4 million for the project, with US$ 1.5 million in cash already paid... (3 KB) January 09, 2002 Pacific Rim and Dayton Mining Propose Merger Pacific Rim Mining (PFG:TSE,SEC FILE:029704) Dayton Mining Corporation (DAY:TSE,AMEX) PFG news release # 02-01 January 9, 2002 PACIFIC RIM AND DAYTON MINING PROPOSE MERGER Pacific Rim Mining Corp. ("Pacific Rim") and Dayton Mining Corporation ("Dayton") are pleased to announce the approval by their Boards of Directors of an amalgamation of the companies, subject to shareholder and regulatory approval. Under the amalgamation Dayton shareholders will receive 1.760 common shar... (8 KB) December 14, 2001 Pacific Rim Closes Diablillos Sale Agreement PFG News Release #01-06 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 December 14, 2001 PACIFIC RIM CLOSES DIABLILLOS SALE AGREEMENT Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce it has closed the sale of its Diablillos silver-gold project to Silver Standard Resources Inc. Under the terms of the formal agreement, Silver Standard will pay a total of US$3.4 million for Diablillos, consisting of staged payments totalling US$1.5 million in cash by December 31, 2001 and US$1.9 million in cash or common sha... (3 KB) November 30, 2001 Pacific Rim Signs Final Diablillos Sale Agreement PFG News Release #01-05 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 November 30, 2001 PACIFIC RIM SIGNS FINAL DIABLILLOS SALE AGREEMENT Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce it has completed and signed a final agreement to sell its Diablillos silver-gold project to Silver Standard Resources Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Silver Standard will pay a total of US$3.4 million for Diablillos, consisting of staged payments totalling US$1.5 million in cash by December 31, 2001 and US$1.9 m... (3 KB) November 02, 2001 Pacific Rim Sells Diablillos Project for US $3.4 Million PFG News Release #01-04 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 November 02, 2001 PACIFIC RIM SELLS DIABLILLOS PROJECT FOR US $3.4 MILLION Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce it has finalized a letter of intent to sell its Diablillos silver-gold project to Silver Standard Resources Inc., subject to regulatory approvals and completion of a formal agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Silver Standard will pay a total of US$3.4 million ($5.42 million Canadian at current exchange ... (3 KB) July 06, 2001 Updated Oculto Deposit Resource Estimate PFG News Release #01-03 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 July 6, 2001 UPDATED OCULTO DEPOSIT RESOURCE ESTIMATE Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce the results of an updated resource estimate for the Oculto silver-gold deposit, located within the Company's wholly-owned Diablillos project in northwestern Argentina. The Company commissioned Mine Development Associates (MDA) of Reno, NV to calculate an updated resource estimate for the Oculto deposit in light of additional drilling an... (5 KB) June 28, 2001 Pacific Rim Regains Ownership in Diablillos Silver-Gold Project PFG News Release #01-02 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 June 28, 2001 PACIFIC RIM REGAINS OWNERSHIP OF DIABLILLOS SILVER-GOLD PROJECT Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that it has regained 100% ownership in its Diablillos silver-gold project in Argentina. The re-instatement of Pacific Rim as full owners of Diablillos is a result of the transfer from a subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corporation ("Barrick") to Pacific Rim of 70% of the shares in a holding company that indirectly owns... (4 KB) March 06, 2001 Pacific Rim Settles Outstanding Lawsuits PFG News Release #01-01 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 March 6, 2001 PACIFIC RIM SETTLES OUTSTANDING LAWSUITS Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce the closing of a settlement of all of the outstanding lawsuits in which the Company was named, thereby removing the Company's potential contingent liability. Pacific Rim issued 100,000 common shares of the Company in order to expedite this settlement. These shares are subject to a hold period in British Columbia expiring March 3, 20... (3 KB) October 25, 2000 Final Luicho Drill Results Pacific Rim Mining Corp. has received the assay results for drill holes 20 through 42 from its Luicho project in southern Peru. The results are summarized in the table on the following page. Holes 20 through 42 were drilled primarily within the Northeast and South Zones. The results indicate that mineralization in the South Zone averages 13 meters thick and is confined to the upper sandstone unit. In the Northeast Zone, mineralization is hosted by the upper sandstone, middle sandstone, dik... (6 KB) October 18, 2000 Luicho Drill Plan Update PFG News Release #00-16 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 October 18, 2000 LUICHO DRILL PLAN UPDATE Pacific Rim Mining Corp. would like to take this opportunity to update shareholders with regards to the Luicho drill program. A total of 42 holes have now been drilled from 39 separate sites. This represents 6,938 meters of reverse circulation drilling on targets throughout and peripheral to the Luicho showing. The pace of drilling throughout the last month has been considerably quicker than... (3 KB) October 11, 2000 Luicho Drill Results Pacific Rim Mining Corp. has received the results from 15 additional drill holes (holes 5 through 19) at the Luicho project, southern Peru. The design of the drill program was changed after the receipt of the first results which coincided with the completion of hole number 9. The objective remained the same - the search for thicker "feeder" mineralization to augment the mineralization contained in the upper sandstone unit. To accomplish this, the drill program was adapted to include vertical ... (6 KB) September 21, 2000 Initial Luicho Drill Results Pacific Rim Mining Corp. has received preliminary assay results from the first four holes of a 20,000 meter drill program at its Luicho project in southern Peru. These four holes were drilled on fence line 8313800N across the northern part of the Central Zone. Hole 1 was lost in a large open space at a drill depth of approximately 100 meters and was subsequently twinned by Hole 2. Holes 3 and 4 were collared approximately 100 meters to the east and west, respectively, of Hole 1. In all fou... (4 KB) September 13, 2000 Luicho Drilling Program Update and Comments on Market Activity PFG News Release #00-13 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 September 13, 2000 LUICHO DRILLING PROGRAM UPDATE AND COMMENTS ON MARKET ACTIVITY Pacific Rim Mining Corp. believes recent downward movement in the Company's shares to be a nervous reaction to start-up challenges the Company has encountered in its Luicho drill program. To date, three holes have been completed and the fourth should be completed by tomorrow. The second drill rig will arrive on site later today and the support vehicle and... (4 KB) August 28, 2000 Luicho Drill Program Commences PFG News Release #00-12 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 August 28, 2000 LUICHO DRILL PROGRAM COMMENCES Pacific Rim Mining Corp. has commenced its highly anticipated Phase 1 drill program at the Company's Luicho gold project in southern Peru. The program consists of 20,000 meters of reverse circulation drilling on at least 6 east-west oriented fences that straddle the 1.85 kilometer long by 250 meter wide outcropping Luicho gold target. The first 12,000 meters of this 20,000 meter progra... (3 KB) July 26, 2000 New Cliff and Tunnel Sampling Results Extend High Grade Wedge in Central Zone PFG News Release #00-11 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 July 26, 2000 NEW CLIFF AND TUNNEL SAMPLING RESULTS EXTEND HIGH GRADE WEDGE IN CENTRAL ZONE Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce the receipt of an additional 624 rock chip channel samples collected from underground tunnels and cliff faces within the Luicho project, bringing the total number of samples collected to date to 8,226. The average grade of all 8,226 samples collected to date from the Luicho project is 1.68 g/t go... (6 KB) June 21, 2000 Cliff Sampling Continues to Confirm Mineralization in Third Dimension PFG News Release #00-10 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 June 21, 2000 CLIFF SAMPLING CONTINUES TO CONFIRM MINERALIZATION IN THIRD DIMENSION Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce the receipt of an additional 525 rock chip channel samples collected from cliff faces within the Luicho project, bringing the total number of samples collected to date to 7,602. The average grade of all 7,602 samples collected to date from the Luicho project is 1.58 g/t gold. These samples represent a ... (5 KB) June 16, 2000 Pacific Rim Completes $7.3 Million Financing PFG News Release #00-09 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 June 16, 2000 NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICE OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES PACIFIC RIM MINING CORP. COMPLETES $7.3 MILLION FINANCING Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced brokered private placement, selling a total of 1,707,530 Special Warrants for total gross proceeds of Cdn.$7.3 million. Of the total sold, 1,345,080 Special Warrants were purchased... (4 KB) June 06, 2000 Pacific Rim Increases Financing to $7.1 Million PFG News Release #00-08 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 June 6, 2000 NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICE OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES PACIFIC RIM INCREASES FINANCING TO $7.1 MILLION Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that further to its news release of May 25, 2000 (NR# 00-07), investor demand has caused it to enter into an amending agreement with Agents to increase the previously announced financing by 500,000 Special Warrants, to privately place u... (4 KB) May 25, 2000 Pacific Rim Announces $5 Million Financing PFG News Release #00-07 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 May 25, 2000 NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICE OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES PACIFIC RIM ANNOUNCES $5 MILLION FINANCING Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with a Canadian Agency group to privately place up to 1,176,470 million Special Warrants priced at $4.25 per Special Warrant for gross proceeds of $5 million. This financing includes provision for a max... (4 KB) May 24, 2000 High Grade Sampling Results Confirm Continuity of Mineralization PFG News Release #00-06 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 May 24, 2000 HIGH GRADE CLIFF SAMPLING RESULTS CONFIRM CONTINUITY OF MINERALIZATION Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce the receipt of an additional 542 surface, cliff and underground rock chip channel samples from the Luicho project, bringing the total number of samples collected to date to 7,077. The Company is also very pleased to announce the finalization of an option to purchase the surface rights for the Luicho pro... (6 KB) April 20, 2000 Pacific Rim Obtains Excellent Recoveries From Bottle Roll Tests And Cliff Sampling Confirms Vertical Continuity Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce it has received the results from bottle roll tests conducted in the initial phase of metallurgical testing of mineralized rock from its Luicho gold project located in southern Peru, and the results from 1,033 new surface rock chip channel samples. Bottle roll tests Pacific Rim has identified two types of metallurgically distinct rock at Luicho; carbonaceous and noncarbonaceous. Where present, the carbonaceous mineralization is confined t... (8 KB) April 05, 2000 Diablillos Diamond Drilling Results Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce the receipt of results from a diamond drilling program conducted at the Diablillos Project, Salta, Argentina. The drilling was conducted under the supervision of Barrick Gold Corporation in August, 1999. The core drilling was designed to investigate the silver mineralogy and to twin previously drilled reverse circulation (RC) holes to investigate the potential loss of silver in the RC drilling fluids by dissolution. A portion of the silver min... (4 KB) March 15, 2000 Tunnel Sampling Adds High Grade Dimension PFG News Release #00-03 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 March 15, 2000 TUNNEL SAMPLING ADDS HIGH GRADE DIMENSION Pacific Rim Mining Corp. has collected 746 additional two-meter long continuous rock chip channel samples from its Luicho project in southern Peru, bringing the total number of samples collected to date to 5,502. The average grade of all 5,502 samples is 1.56 g/t gold. Most of these samples were collected from within the Structural Corridor, a 1.85 kilometer long by 250 meter... (6 KB) February 16, 2000 Additional Luicho Sampling Boosts Target Confidence PFG News Release #00-02 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 February 16, 2000 ADDITIONAL LUICHO SAMPLING BOOSTS TARGET CONFIDENCE Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to report the results of a further 985 rock chip channel samples collected from its Luicho project in southern Peru. The Company has now collected a total of 4,756 two-meter continuous chip channel samples from the Luicho project, which have defined a large, strong gold anomaly. The average grade of all 4,756 samples collected ... (7 KB) January 13, 2000 Luicho Surface Sampling Outlines New Mineralization Outside Structural Corridor PFG News Release #00-01 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 January 13, 2000 LUICHO SURFACE SAMPLING OUTLINES NEW MINERALIZATION OUTSIDE STRUCTURAL CORRIDOR Pacific Rim Mining Corp. has collected a further 1,060 surface samples on its Luicho project in southern Peru, bringing the number of samples collected to date by the Company to 3,771. This on-going sampling program continues to expand and fill-in the Luicho gold anomaly. The average grade of all 3,771 samples collected to date is ... (6 KB) December 16, 1999 Luicho Target Expanded PFG News Release #99-23 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 December 16, 1999 LUICHO TARGET EXPANDED Pacific Rim Mining Corp.'s on-going surface sampling program is continuing to fill in and expand the Luicho gold prospect on the Company's Luicho project in southern Peru. A total of 2,711 samples have been collected by Pacific Rim to date. The average grade of all of these samples is 1.82 g/t gold. Most of these samples were collected from the 'structural corridor'; a 250 meter wide zone... (6 KB) November 30, 1999 Luicho Registration Completed and Regulatory Approval Granted PFG News Release #99-22 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 November 30, 1999 LUICHO REGISTRATION COMPLETED AND REGULATORY APPROVAL GRANTED Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that it has completed the registration process of its option agreement on the Luicho project. The agreement has now been formally recorded in the Mining Registry in Lima, Peru. The Company has also received TSE regulatory acceptance of the Luicho option agreement. As outlined in the agreement announce... (3 KB) November 18, 1999 Additional Surface Sampling Bolsters Luicho Target PFG News Release #99-21 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 November 18, 1999 ADDITIONAL SURFACE SAMPLING BOLSTERS LUICHO TARGET An on-going program of continuous rock chip sampling of surface exposures at Pacific Rim Mining Corp.'s Luicho project in southern Peru has begun to fill in and expand the Luicho gold prospect. A total of 1,600 samples have been collected by Pacific Rim to date. The average grade of all of these samples is 2.06 g/t gold. Most of these samples were collected fr... (6 KB) October 14, 1999 Luicho Mineralization Extended PFG News Release #99-20 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 October 14, 1999 (9:52am Vancouver time) LUICHO MINERALIZATION EXTENDED Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce the results of additional surface samples collected by the Company from its Luicho project in southern Peru. These results extend the surface mineralization a further 250 meters to the south. An old exploration tunnel located 250 meters south of the previously sampled Main Target Area (see news release #99-17... (3 KB) September 23, 1999 Cofradia Option Terminated PFG News Release #99-19 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 September 23, 1999 (6:16 am Pacific Time) COFRADIA OPTION TERMINATED Pacific Rim Mining Corp. announces that it has informed SMRL La Capilla that it will be terminating the purchase option on the Cofradia project in southern Peru and will not be making an interim property payment of US$ 150,000 due today. Pacific Rim's decision not to go forward with the Cofradia project is based on the results of a 6,000 meter drill program comp... (3 KB) September 21, 1999 San Francisco Drill Results Pacific Rim Mining Corp. has received the results from the final two holes completed in the Phase 1 reverse circulation drill program at their wholly-owned San Francisco project in northwestern Argentina. San Francisco is a low-sulfidation type epithermal occurrence, marked by highly anomalous trace element geochemistry and elevated precious and base metals. Holes SF-12 and SF-13 were targeted to intersect a large north-south trending fault zone and coincident quartz vein that is believed to... (4 KB) September 16, 1999 Pacific Rim acquires Luicho gold Project PFG News Release #99-17 TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 September 16, 1999 LUICHO PROJECT ACQUIRED Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is very pleased to announce it has signed a final agreement with a private Peruvian company, providing the Company with an option to earn a 100% interest in the Luicho gold Project. Luicho is located 540 km southeast of Lima in the Ayacucho Department, Parincochas Province. This acquisition is subject to approval by The Toronto Stock Exchange. Pacific Rim can... (4 KB) September 02, 1999 Cofradia Project Interim Drill Results Pacific Rim Mining Corp. has received the results from the first ten drill holes completed at the Cofradia Project in Ayacucho Province, Peru. A total of fourteen drill holes have been completed to date, with two further holes in progress and an additional six to eight holes planned to complete this Phase I drill program. Six of the ten holes for which assays have been received (CF9902, 04, 07, 08, 09 and 10) are focused on the eastern side of the main Cofradia target area, where previous su... (4 KB) August 27, 1999 San Francisco, Cofradia and Diablillos Drill Program Updates Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to provide the following updates on the three drill programs currently underway on the San Francisco, Cofradia and Diablillos projects. San Francisco A total of 11 reverse circulation (RC) drill holes have been completed at the San Francisco property. Two of these 11 holes (SF-10 and SF-11) have succeeded in intersecting the mineralized vein structure identified in SF-6 (see news release #99-13 dated July 26, 1999). The 25 meter interval from 172 to 187 ... (4 KB) August 19, 1999 Shareholder Rights Plan Adopted Pacific Rim Mining Corp. announces that it has adopted a Shareholder Rights Plan, effective immediately, subject to shareholder ratification at the Company's annual general meeting scheduled to be held on or before October 14, 1999. The objective of the Board of Directors in adopting this Plan is to achieve full and fair value for the Company's shareholders in the event of an unsolicited take-over bid for the Company. The Plan is intended to give the Board of Directors and the shareholders o... (5 KB) July 26, 1999 San Francisco Drilling Indicates Significant Mineralization Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce the preliminary results from three RC drill holes on the San Francisco project, Argentina. The San Francisco project is a low sulfidation epithermal precious metal prospect owned 100% by Pacific Rim. The surface of the prospect exposes the highest level or cap of the system. This cap comprises a number of hot springs emanations or sinters, extreme trace element anomalies and local precious metal anomalies (up to 1 g/t Au in two samples). The objec... (5 KB) July 05, 1999 Cofradia Drill Program to Commence Thomas C. Shrake, CEO of Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that the Cofradia access road has been sufficiently rehabilitated and the Company is currently mobilizing a large capacity reverse circulation drill to the property. Drilling is expected to begin imminently. Pacific Rim has planned a 6,000 meter Phase 1 reverse circulation drill program to test a large gold-bearing high-sulfidation epithermal system at Cofradia outlined by the Company over the last 4 months. Geological m... (3 KB) June 29, 1999 Fantasma Drill Results / San Francisco Drill Program Commences Pacific Rim Mining Corp. has received assay results for samples collected during the Company's recent drill program on the Fantasma project in northwestern Argentina. Seven reverse circulation holes totalling 1,923 meters were completed. Three targets outlined during a 1998 geophysical survey were tested, with one hole drilled in the most southerly target (PF1, on strike with the Oculto deposit on the Company's neighbouring Diablillos project), five holes drilled in the central target (PF2, PF... (4 KB) June 09, 1999 Cofradia Geophysics Indicate Large Anomaly Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce it has received the results of CSAMT and ground magnetic surveys conducted over the main target area on the Cofradia project, Peru. These surveys have confirmed and enhanced Pacific Rim's understanding of the stratigraphy, alteration patterns and structure of the Cofradia project. Precious metal mineralization in high sulfidation epithermal deposits is usually associated with hydrothermal alteration, specifically silicification (quartz replacem... (4 KB) May 26, 1999 Fantasma Drill Program Underway Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced on the Company's Fantasma project in northwestern Argentina. As announced in NR #99-08 on May 19, 1999, the Fantasma drill program will consist of 2,000 meters of reverse circulation drilling. Pacific Rim geologists have laid out a program of five holes of approximately 350 meters each, designed to test three CSAMT anomalies on the Fantasma property. The most southerly of these targets is coincident with a northeast... (4 KB) May 19, 1999 Pacific Rim To Drill Fantasma and San Francisco Projects Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce upcoming drill programs on the Company's Fantasma and San Francisco properties in northwestern Argentina. A drill contract for a total of 4,000 meters of reverse circulation drilling has been negotiated, with drilling to commence on Fantasma on Monday May 24, 1999 and on San Francisco after completion of the Fantasma program. The Fantasma property is contiguous with Pacific Rim's Diablillos project (30% Pacific Rim; 70% Barrick Gold Corporation... (5 KB) May 04, 1999 Cofradia Pre-Drilling Update Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to provide an update on progress at the Company's Cofradia project located in southern Peru. Detailed geologic mapping confirms that Cofradia is a large high-sulfidation epithermal gold prospect located within an andesite stratavolcano. Gold mineralization is related to a ring fracture system that developed by the collapse of the stratavolcano. This ring fracture system is invaded by a number of flow domes, and is believed to be the feeder to the minerali... (3 KB) March 25, 1999 San Francisco Geological Mapping and Sampling Results Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce the results of the detailed geologic mapping and rock sampling program conducted on the San Francisco Project located in the Jujuy Province, Argentina. San Francisco is a 100% owned project that was staked by the Company in 1998 (see news release August 12, 1998). The San Francisco property totals 3,600 ha and covers an area of alteration 500-800 meters wide by 3,500 meters long which is believed to be related to a low-sulphidation epithermal gold... (4 KB) March 23, 1999 TSE Regulatory Acceptance of Cofradia Option Agreement Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce TSE regulatory acceptance of the Cofradia option agreement. As outlined in the agreement announced on January 18, 1999 (NR-99-01) today's date will be considered the effective date for the terms of the agreement. Property work on the Cofradia is ongoing with two bulldozers presently up-grading the road access for drilling equipment. The 6,000 meter RC drilling program is expected to commence in late April. Completion of the soil geochemistry, ge... (3 KB) March 09, 1999 Cofradia Update - Includes 30 Meters Of 4.53 G/T Gold In Rock Samples Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce results from targeting work currently underway at Cofradia, Peru. With drilling to commence in April, the following work is progressing: a soil geochemical survey is 90% completed; geologic mapping is approximately 50% completed; and some additional surface rock chip sampling has also been completed. Results from follow-up rock chip sampling within the prospective host rock (volcaniclastic package) have identified a zone of mineralization that a... (4 KB) February 26, 1999 Pacific Rim Forms Alliance with Lowell Mineral Exploration in Peru Pacific Rim Mining Corp. has entered into an agreement with Lowell Mineral Exploration Ltda., a private Chilean company, and its partner, pursuant to which the Company has issued as a finder's fee, non-transferable share purchase warrants exercisable to acquire up to a maximum of 722,825 common shares at $1.38 per share with staggered exercise dates to February 25, 2004. The finder's fee is consideration for introductions being made to the Company that lead to the acquisition of new exploration... (3 KB) January 28, 1999 Pacific Rim Confirms Exercise of Warrants Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to confirm that a total 1,378,000 of 2,475,000 non-transferable share purchase warrants have been exercised at $1.52 each. Exercise of the warrants has added cash of Cdn$2,094,560 to the Company's treasury. At second quarter ended October 31, 1998 the Company's working capital was Cdn$7.9 million. The Company's issued shares increased by 1,378,000 shares to 21,495,370. The balance of the warrants has now expired. Catherine McLeod-Seltzer, President, sta... (3 KB) January 18, 1999 Pacific Rim Acquires Peruvian Property Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that it has executed an agreement that gives the Company the option to earn a 100% interest in the Cofradia property by purchasing SMRL La Capilla, a Peruvian holding company. Subject to signing of a formal agreement and regulatory acceptance, Pacific Rim can complete this acquisition, earning its 100% interest by: - making an initial payment of US$ 150,000 (US$ 20,000 upon signing of a formal agreement and US$ 130,000 upon regulatory acceptanc... (6 KB) December 18, 1998 La Colorada Drill Program Indicates Significant Potential Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that it has received and interpreted assay results of samples collected from its recent drill program on the La Colorada project in northwestern Argentina. The La Colorada project hosts a polymetallic volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) occurrence that was tested by the Company with a five-hole diamond drill program totalling 1,086 meters. Geological mapping conducted by Pacific Rim earlier in the year indicated the presence of two to three mas... (6 KB) November 30, 1998 New Oculto Resource Estimate -- Gold Equivalent Ounces Increase 47% Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce the results of an independent resource estimate for the Oculto silver-gold deposit, located within the Diablillos property in northwestern Argentina. The resource calculation was conducted at Pacific Rim's request by Mine Development Associates (MDA) of Reno, Nevada, and is an update of the previous resource estimate for Oculto calculated by MDA in July 1997. MDA estimates the Oculto deposit to contain an inferred resource of 49.5 million tonne... (7 KB) November 20, 1998 Legal Action Review VSE TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 November 20, 1998 LEGAL ACTION REVIEW Management of Pacific Rim Mining Corp. has become aware of a potential liability involving the Company arising out of a lawsuit commenced in early 1997 by Gerald Philips, a former president and director of the Company (the "Action"). Phillips commenced the Action in his own name and in the name of the Company against one Marian Plucinski. In the lawsuit, Philips sought an accounting of various loans from Plucinski ... (3 KB) November 06, 1998 Company Named in Legal Action VSE TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 November 6, 1998 COMPANY NAMED IN LEGAL ACTION Pacific Rim Mining Corp. has been named as one of several defendants in an action for unspecified damages commenced by Marian and Tadeusz Plucinski in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver Registry. The claim appears to relate to the actions and personal business activities of the Company's former management. Present management believes that the claim made in the action against the Company i... (2 KB) October 16, 1998 Board of Directors Re-Elected at Annual General Meeting VSE TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 October 16, 1998 BOARD OF DIRECTORS RE-ELECTED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that Anthony Petrina, Catherine McLeod-Seltzer, Thomas C. Shrake, William Myckatyn and David De Witt were re-elected to the Company's Board of Directors by unanimous vote of the shareholders in attendance at the 1998 Annual General Meeting, held yesterday in Vancouver. Proxies for over 9 million shares were voted in favour of manageme... (2 KB) October 15, 1998 Surface Area of Anomalous Gold at San Francisco Expanded VSE, TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 OCTOBER 15, 1998 SURFACE AREA OF ANOMALOUS GOLD AT SAN FRANCISCO EXPANDED Pacific Rim Mining Corp. has conducted reconnaissance-scale geological mapping and rock chip sampling of its San Francisco property in Jujuy province, northwestern Argentina. The results of this sampling confirm the presence of anomalous gold over a broad surface area. The San Francisco property comprises primarily Ordovician and Tertiary sedimentary rocks overlain by Tertiary... (3 KB) October 09, 1998 La Colorada Drilling to Commence, Option Renegotiated and Property Expanded VSE, TSE: PFG, SEC FILE: 029704 OCTOBER 9, 1998 LA COLORADA DRILLING TO COMMENCE, OPTION RENEGOTIATED AND PROPERTY EXPANDED Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce several new developments on its La Colorada property in northwestern Argentina. The La Colorada hosts a zinc-lead-silver volcanogenic massive sulphide occurrence that was the subject of a recent exploration program by Pacific Rim. Following the completion of geological and geophysical surveying of the La Colorada... (5 KB) September 29, 1998 Silver and Gold Anomalies Discovered in Peru VSE, TSE: PFG September 29, 1998 SEC FILE: 029704 SILVER AND GOLD ANOMALIES DISCOVERED IN PERU Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that it has discovered several highly anomalous silver and gold showings on its La Espina project in Peru. The La Espina property totals 57,9000 hectares at present and spans a total distance of 1115 kilometers along a major structure and metallogenic belt in southern Peru. Known precious metal targets occur immediately to the north and south o... (4 KB) September 11, 1998 Positive Results from La Colorada Geology and Geophysics Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that it has received the results of a geological mapping program, as well as a series of geophysical surveys recently conducted on the La Colorada project in northwestern Argentina. Geological mapping conducted by Pacific Rim in July 1998 indicates the presence of two distinct, steeply-dipping stratiform volcanogenic massive sulphide horizons that are 3 to 5 meters wide at surface and are tightly folded. The new mapping is significant in that t... (3 KB) September 08, 1998 Metallurgical Results and Resource Estimate Update Pacific Rim Mining Corp. has received the results of a 3/8 inch crush size column leach metallurgical test conducted under the supervision of a subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corp. ("Barrick") on rock from the Oculto deposit. The single column leach test was conducted on material from the three composite samples used in an earlier series of metallurgical testing (see news release June 12, 1998), which was combined into one sample, crushed to -0.375 inches and leached with a 0.35 g/l cyanide solu... (3 KB) September 01, 1998 Geophysical Anomalies Identified at Fantasma Pacific Rim Mining Corp. has received the results of a CSAMT geophysical survey recently completed by Quantec Consulting, Inc. on a selected portion of the Company's Fantasma property. This CSAMT survey clearly identified two separate resistivity anomalies. The first anomaly occurs along strike of the Oculto silver-gold epithermal deposit located within the Company's neighbouring Diablillos property. This 300 metre long by 350 metre wide anomaly is interpreted to be coincident with the mine... (3 KB) August 20, 1998 Pacific Rim Mining Stakes New Ground in Peru Pacific Rim is pleased to announce that it has expanded its exploration focus into Peru with its staking of the La Espina Project, located 400 kilometres southeast of Lima. A total of 67 petitorios (exploration claims) were filed, 59 of which have been approved by the Peruvian government to date. These non-contiguous claims total 57,900 hectares in three blocks, spanning a total distance of approximately 115 kilometres. The La Espina claims were staked over a geologically and structurally ... (4 KB) August 12, 1998 Pacific Rim Announces San Francisco Property Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce its acquisition through staking of the San Francisco project in the province of Jujuy, northern Argentina. The Company has registered claims totaling 3,600 ha and is currently working toward receiving final title to the property, located 5 km from a major highway. The San Francisco property was staked to protect a 500 meter wide by 3,500 meter long alteration system that the Company believes is related to a low-sulphidation type epithermal sys... (4 KB) August 10, 1998 Diablillos Drill Results Pacific Rim Mining Corp. has received drilling results for the first five holes of a thirteen hole reverse circulation drill program recently completed by Barrick Gold Corp. on the Oculto zone of the Diablillos project. This thirteen-hole program was the second half of a roughly 8,000 metre drill program initiated by Barrick on the Diablillos project in January, 1998, postponed in February and recommenced in late May, 1998. The results to date are as follows: HOLE NO. FROM ... (4 KB) June 25, 1998 Pacific Rim Introduces Prometedora Project Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that notice has been received from the Judge of Mines acknowledging the Company's registration of the Prometedora claim in the province of Salta, Argentina. Pacific Rim has filed a 3,500 hectare claim covering the entire alteration system and expects to receive title to the property in the coming months. Prometedora covers an alteration system that measures 3.5 by 1.5 kilometers and strikes to the northwest. The geology consists of fine-grain... (3 KB) June 12, 1998 Pacific Rim Announces Metallurgical Results at Diablillos Pacific Rim Mining Corp. has received a progress report on an ongoing metallurgical program being conducted under the supervision of Barrick Gold Corporation on the Diablillos silver-gold prospect in Salta, Argentina. Diablillos is owned by a company in which Pacific Rim owns an indirect 30 percent interest and Barrick an indirect 70 percent interest. To maintain their interest, Barrick must make a production decision by June 26, 2000 or continue to invest US$ 4 million per annum until a product... (8 KB) May 20, 1998 David De Witt to Serve on Pacific Rim Board of Directors The Board of Directors of Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that Mr. David De Witt has agreed to serve as a Director of the company. Mr. De Witt is a founder and Director of Sedun De Witt Capital Corp., a private venture capital company. Mr. De Witt graduated with a B.Comm./L.L.B. from the University of British Columbia in 1978 and practiced corporate, securities and mining law until his retirement from the practice of law in January, 1997. He currently holds directorships ... (3 KB) May 12, 1998 Pacific Rim Renegotiates La Colorada Agreement Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that it has successfully renegotiated the terms of its agreement with La Casualidad S.A. to earn up to a 100 percent interest in the La Colorada lead-zinc-silver and copper prospect in northwestern Argentina. The final payment has been extended from January 25, 1999 to January 25, 2001. In return for the extension, a payment of US$ 200,000 is due January 25, 1999 and the amount of this final payment is increased from US$1.25 million to US$ 1.... (4 KB) May 04, 1998 Correction: Pacific Rim Mining Corp. Announces Diablillos Pacific Rim has received an exploration update on activities being carried out under the direction of Barrick Gold Corporation at the Diablillos property in northwestern Argentina. Following are remaining results from the first half of the program completed in March: Hole From To Width Au g/t Ag g/t meters --------- ------- ---- ------ ------ ------ RC-98-128 No significant values RC-98-129 130 148... (4 KB) May 04, 1998 Pacific Rim Mining Corp. Announces Diablillos Exporation Update Pacific Rim has received an exploration update on activities being carried out under the direction of Barrick Gold Corporation at the Diablillos property in northwestern Argentina. Following are remaining results from the first half of the program completed in March: Hole From To Width Au g/t Au g/t meters --------- ------- ---- ------ ------ ------ RC-98-128 No significant values RC-98-129 130 148... (4 KB) April 28, 1998 Pacific Rim Announces Changes to Board of Directors Pacific Rim Mining Corp. extends congratulations to Chris Thompson, as he assumes the challenge of creating a new resource capital fund which will require his full time and attention. Mr. Thompson's new role may present potential conflicts of interest within the company, so he regretfully steps down from the Board of Pacific Rim. Pacific Rim is seeking an appropriate candidate to fill Mr. Thompson's seat. Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is a precious metal exploration company concentrating on h... (2 KB) April 02, 1998 Pacific Rim Finalizes Agreement to Acquire Fantasma Claims From Corriente Pursuant to the news release issued on January 30, 1998, Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that it has finalized its agreement to acquire 100 percent of the Fantasma Claims (600 Ha) and the Nunez Cateo (6000 Ha), in the Salta Province of Argentina, from Corriente Resources Inc. Under the Option Agreement, Pacific Rim is to issue to Corriente a maximum of 400,000 common shares, 100,000 of which were issued upon execution of the formal Option Agreement. The properties lie adjace... (4 KB) March 17, 1998 Pacific Rim Mining Corp. Announces Diablillos Exploration Update including 138 meters at 1.41 g/t Gold Pacific Rim has received an exploration update on activities being carried out under the direction of Barrick Gold Corporation at the Diablillos property in northwestern Argentina. Approximately one half of the planned 7,000 meters of drilling defining the northeast extension of the Oculto zone have been completed. Drilling on the property is temporarily suspended due to equipment requirements in areas affected by weather conditions where the drilling seasons are not as long as that of Di... (3 KB) February 25, 1998 Pacific Rim Mining Corp. Concludes Exploration at Leticia Pacific Rim Mining Corp. has determined that the Leticia project, a joint venture with Miranda Industries, in Guerrero State, Mexico does not fit the company's profile for ongoing exploration projects. Thomas C. Shrake, Pacific Rim C.E.O. concluded, "...although our drilling did encounter some mineralization, the continuity and potential size are not sufficient to warrant additional work by Pacific Rim Mining Corp." Pacific Rim, with approximately $10 million, is focused on exceptionally ... (3 KB) February 04, 1998 Pacific Rim Mining Corp. Stock Price Reacts to Silver Hitting Ten Year High Catherine McLeod-Seltzer, President of Pacific Rim Mining Corp. acknowledges the recent increase in its share price and comments, "...we believe that today's increase in the volume and value of Pacific Rim's stock is due to the recent strong upward movement in the price of silver. Pacific Rim is extremely leveraged to the price of silver based on the size and quality of the silver resource at Diablillos in northwestern Argentina. Diablillos is currently being explored under Barrick Gold's supe... (5 KB) January 30, 1998 Pacific Rim Signs Letter of Intent for Option to Acquire the Fantasma Claims and Nunez Cateo in Argentina Pacific Rim Mining Corp. (the "Company" or "Pacific Rim") is pleased to announce the signing of a Letter of Intent for the option to acquire 100 percent of the Fantasma Claims (600 Ha) and the Nunez Cateo (6000 Ha), in the Salta Province of Argentina, from Corriente Resources Inc., subject to completion of due diligence and approval by Pacific Rim's board and regulatory bodies within 45 days of signing. The property lies adjacent to the 30 percent Pacific Rim owned Diablillos property in northw... (4 KB) January 28, 1998 Pacific Rim Announces Drilling At Diablillos Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce the commencement of a 7,000 m reverse circulation drilling program on the Oculto zone of the Diablillos property in Northwestern Argentina. The drilling is designed to infill the northeast extension of the Oculto gold-silver deposit. Barrick's first assay results are anticipated at the earliest in April. Upon completion of this drilling campaign in early May, Barrick will conduct an internal resource calculation. Diablillos is Pacific Rim's mo... (5 KB) December 16, 1997 Pacific Rim Mining Announces Drill Results from Leticia Pacific Rim Mining Corp. has received results from the remaining nine of twenty one reverse circulation drill holes (3217 meters) on the Leticia Project, Guerrero, Mexico. Pacific Rim Mining Corp. can earn a 51 percent interest in Leticia by producing a positive bankable feasibility study for the joint venture with Miranda Industries (MAD:VSE). Drill holes LT 97-16 and 18 were drilled in the vicinity of LT97-1, 2 and 9, where most of the old workings are located. These old operations focuse... (4 KB) December 10, 1997 Pacific Rim Mining Corp. Announces Toronto Stock Exchange Listing Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that the listing of the common shares of the Company has been approved by the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSE"). Pacific Rim Mining will trade on the TSE under the symbol "PFG". Shares of Pacific Rim Mining Corp. will be posted for trading on the TSE effective at the opening on Thursday, December 11th, 1997. Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is a precious metal exploration company concentrating on high quality exploration opportunities in Latin America. ... (4 KB)

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