8th Apr 2005 13:47
Thistle Mining Inc.08 April 2005 THISTLE MINING INC Mailing of Meeting Materials to Thistle Creditors Toronto, 8 April, 2005 - Thistle Mining Inc. (TSX: THT and AIM: TMG) As previously announced, Thistle Mining Inc. ("Thistle") obtained an order onJanuary 7, 2005 to commence Thistle's restructuring under the Companies'Creditors Arrangement Act ("CCAA"). Thistle announced today that it has filed a material change report with theCanadian securities regulators on their website www.sedar.com, attached to whichare copies of the following materials that have been mailed to Thistle's knownaffected creditors: (1) notices to the two classes of Thistle's affectedcreditors, being the Meridian Creditors (the holders of claims in respect ofThistle's senior secured indebtedness) and the Noteholder Creditors (consistingof the holders of claims relating to notes issued by Thistle), regarding ameeting of such creditors scheduled to be held in Toronto on May 3, 2005; (2)the Thistle plan of compromise and reorganization dated March 24, 2005 pursuantto the CCAA and the Business Corporations Act (Yukon) (the "Plan"); (3) theThistle information circular dated April 4, 2005 with respect to the Plan; (4)forms of proxy for Meridian Creditors and Noteholder Creditors; (5) meeting andproxy instructions to Meridian Creditors and Noteholder Creditors; and (6) anotice of sanction motion. Copies of the materials that were mailed to Thistle'sknown affected creditors are also available on the website of the Monitor, beingPricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., at www.pwc.com/brs-thistlemining. For further information, contact Harvey McKenzie, Chief Financial Officer,1-416-594-3293. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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