Agnico-Eagle announces board changes

Agnico-Eagle announces board changes
Stock Symbols: AEM (NYSE) AGE (TSX) 


TORONTO, Jan. 17  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited is
pleased to announce that Ebe Scherkus, P.Eng., Executive Vice-President and
Chief Operating Officer of Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited, has been appointed to
the board of directors of the company effective today. Mr. Scherkus has been
with the company for 20 years and has held his current position since 1998.
Prior to that, Mr. Scherkus served as Vice-President, Operations from 1996 and
as a manager of the Company's LaRonde Division from 1986. Mr. Scherkus is a
graduate of McGill University (B.Sc.). Mr. Scherkus also serves as a director
of Contact Diamond Corporation, a TSX listed company in which Agnico-Eagle
holds a 44.2% interest, and as a director of Riddarhyttan Resources AB, a
Stockholm Stock Exchange listed company in which Agnico-Eagle holds a 14%
interest. Mr. Scherkus replaces Dr. Alan Green who resigned today as a director
of the corporation.

About Agnico-Eagle

Agnico-Eagle is a long established Canadian gold producer with operations
located in northwestern Quebec and exploration and development activities in
eastern Canada and the southwestern United States. Agnico-Eagle's LaRonde Mine
in Quebec is Canada's largest gold deposit. The Company has full exposure to
higher gold prices consistent with its policy of no forward gold sales. It has
paid a cash dividend for 25 consecutive years. 

DATASOURCE: Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited



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