Placer Dome announces first quarter conference call and Annual Meeting webcast VANCOUVER, April 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Placer Dome Inc. (NYSE, TSX, ASX: PDG) will hold its first quarter conference call and Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Wednesday, April 27, 2005. Placer Dome's first quarter conference call will be held at 10:00am Eastern time/7:00am Pacific time. An audio webcast and accompanying slide presentation will be accessible at http://www.placerdome.com/investors/webcasts.html. Placer Dome's Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at 10:00am Pacific time/1:00pm Eastern time in rooms 1-3 of the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, 999 Canada Place, Vancouver, B.C. A video webcast of the meeting will also be accessible at http://www.placerdome.com/investors/webcasts.html. Archived versions of both webcasts will be available for replay shortly following the live events. The webcasts of the presentations may, but not necessarily will, include forward-looking statements concerning Placer Dome's current outlook for 2005 and other areas relating to Placer Dome's business. Placer Dome employs 13,000 people at 17 mines in seven countries. The Vancouver-based company's shares trade on the Toronto, New York, Swiss and Australian stock exchanges and Euronext-Paris under the symbol PDG. For further information please contact: Investor Relations: Greg Martin (604) 661-3795 Meghan Brown (604) 661-1577 Media Relations: Gayle Stewart (604) 661-1911 Toll-free within North America 1-800-565-5815 Head office Suite 1600, Bentall IV 1055 Dunsmuir Street (PO Box 49330, Bentall Postal Station) Vancouver, B.C. Canada V7X 1P1 Tel: (604) 682-7082 On the internet: http://www.placerdome.com/ DATASOURCE: Placer Dome Inc. CONTACT: Investor Relations: Greg Martin, (604) 661-3795; Meghan Brown, (604) 661-1577; Media Relations: Gayle Stewart, (604) 661-1911; Toll-free within North America, 1-800-565-5815; Head office: Suite 1600, Bentall IV, 1055 Dunsmuir Street (PO Box 49330, Bentall Postal Station), Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V7X 1P1, Tel: (604) 682-7082; On the internet: http://www.placerdome.com/; Archived images on this organization are searchable through CNW Photo Archive website at http://photos.newswire.ca/. Images are free to accredited members of the media.

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