Canyon Resources Corp - Proxy Statement (definitive) (DEF 14A)
March 07 2008 - 6:01AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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CANYON
RESOURCES CORPORATION
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March
6,
2008
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PR08-06
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CANYON
RESOURCES ANNOUNCES THE POSTPONEMENT
OF
THE SPECIAL MEETING
Golden,
CO - Canyon Resources Corporation ("Canyon") (AMEX:CAU)
,
a
Colorado based mining company, today announced that at its special meeting
of
stockholders held on March 6, 2008, the stockholders voted to approve the
adjournment of the special meeting to solicit additional votes to approve
the
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of November 16, 2007, by and among
Atna
Resources Ltd. ("Atna"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Atna, and Canyon.
To
date,
25.3 million shares voted in favor of the merger, representing 47.2 percent
of the total Canyon stockholders that have delivered proxy cards. This
represents 73 percent of the proxies delivered and 94.4 percent of the vote
required to approve the merger. Holders of a total of 64 percent of the
outstanding shares of common stock of Canyon have delivered proxy instructions.
The approval of the merger requires the holders of a majority of outstanding
Canyon common stock to vote in favor of the merger.
The
special meeting will reconvene at 9:00 a.m. MST on March 13, 2008, at the Canyon
Resources Corporation offices located at 14142 Denver West Parkway, Suite 250,
Golden, CO. The polls will remain open during the adjournment. The record date
for stockholders entitled to vote at the special meeting remains January 18,
2008.
Your
vote
is important regardless of the number of shares you own. To vote your shares
you
may fax your completed proxy card to our proxy agent, The Altman Group at
201-460-0050 or call 800-314-9816.
Additional
Information and Where to Find it
In
connection with the merger, Atna and Canyon have filed relevant materials with
the SEC, including the filing by Atna with the SEC of a Registration Statement
on Form F-4 on January 17, 2008, which incorporates a proxy statement/prospectus
(the "Proxy Statement/Prospectus") that Canyon has mailed to its stockholders
in
connection with obtaining approval of the merger. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus
contains important information about Canyon, Atna, the merger and related
matters.
INVESTORS
AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS
CAREFULLY.
Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC by Canyon and Atna
through the web site maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov.
Canyon,
Atna and their directors and executive officers also may be deemed to be
participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of Canyon
in
connection with the approval of the merger. Information regarding the special
interests of these directors and executive officers in the merger is included
in
the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Additional information regarding Canyon's
directors and executive officers is also included in Canyon's annual report
on
Form 10-K, which was filed with the SEC on March 2, 2007. Additional information
regarding Atna's directors and executive officers is included in Atna's Form
20-F filed with the SEC on June 30, 2005, as amended January 4, 2008. These
documents are available free of charge at the SEC's web site at
www.sec.gov.
Forward-looking
Statements
Certain
forward-looking statements are included in this release and are made pursuant
to
the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of
1995. These forward-looking statements reflect Canyon's current
expectations regarding the merger and speak only as of the date of this release.
Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements in this release
involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those referred to in the forward-looking statements. These
risks
and uncertainties are further described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus,
which
investors and security holders are urged to read.
FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
James
Hesketh, President and CEO (303) 278-8464
Valerie
Kimball, Investor Relations (303) 278-8464
www.canyonresources.com
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