Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. (Vancouver, British Columbia) will release First Quarter Results after the close of business on Thursday, May 13th, 2004. A conference call will be held Friday, May 14th at 11:30 EST to discuss these results. You may join the call by dialing toll free 1-877-461-2814, or and (416) 695-9757 for calls from outside of Canada and the US. A playback of the call and audio webcast will also be available. Please find details on the website at www.wheatonriver.com on the day of the event. Wheaton is a leading gold producer and expects 2006 production from all of its mines to increase to approximately 900,000 gold equivalent ounces at a total cash cost of approximately US$100 per ounce. Current production exceeds 500,000 gold equivalent ounces (over 400,000 ounces of gold and 7 million ounces of silver) at a total cash cost of less than US$100 per ounce. On March 30, 2004, Wheaton and IAMGOLD announced a proposed business combination which will create one of the world’s ten largest gold producers. The new company will have operating interests in seven gold operations located in the Americas, West Africa and Australia. Forecast annualized 2004 production will be one million gold equivalent ounces at a total cash cost of less than $100 per ounce. The annual and special meeting of the shareholders of Wheaton is to be held at the Design Exchange, 234 Bay Street, Toronto Dominion Centre, Toronto, Ontario on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 at 11:00 am (EST), in order to approve the proposed business combination. For further information please contact Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. Investor Relations at 1-800-567-6223 or email ir@wheatonriver.com.
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