Yamana Gold added to FTSE Gold Mines Index
June 22 2009 - 2:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
TORONTO, June 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- YAMANA GOLD INC.
(TSX:YRI; NYSE:AUY; LSE:YAU) announced that effective today its
shares have been added to the FTSE Gold Mines Index. The FTSE Gold
Mines Index is designed to reflect the performance of the worldwide
market in the shares of companies whose principal activity is the
mining of gold. The index series encompasses all gold mining
companies that have a sustainable and attributable gold production
in excess of 300,000 ounces per year and derive the majority of
their revenues from mined gold. "Yamana is pleased to be recognized
as a premier global gold producer and to join the impressive group
of companies comprising the FTSE Gold Mines Index" said Peter
Marrone, Yamana's chairman and chief executive officer. "Yamana
considers that becoming a member of this prestigious index will
further increase global investor awareness and its visibility among
index-tracking funds." About Yamana Yamana is a Canadian-based gold
producer with significant gold production, gold development stage
properties, exploration properties, and land positions in Brazil,
Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Central America. The Company plans to
continue to build on this base through existing operating mine
expansions and throughput increases, the advancement of its
exploration properties and by targeting other gold consolidation
opportunities in the Americas. DATASOURCE: Yamana Gold Inc.
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