Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. (Vancouver, British Columbia) will release Third Quarter Results on Tuesday, November 9, 2004 after the close of business.

A conference call will be held Wednesday, November 10th at 11:00 am (ET) to discuss these results. You may join the call by dialing toll free 1-888-789-0150, or 416-695-6140 for calls from outside of Canada and the US.

The conference call will be recorded and you can listen to a playback of the call after the event by dialling 1-888-509-0081 or 416-695-5275. A live and audio webcast will be available on the website at www.wheatonriver.com.

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 less than US$100 per ounce. Current production exceeds 500,000 gold equivalent ounces at a total cash cost of less than US$50 per ounce.

For further information please contact Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. Investor Relations at 1-800-567-6223 or email ir@wheatonriver.com.