Webcast Alert: Meridian Gold Presentation at Informed Investors Precio

    Business Editors/Mining Editors

    RENO, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2005--Meridian Gold, Inc. (NYSE: MDG) will present at the following forum:

What: Meridian Gold (NYSE: MDG) will give a presentation at Informed Investors Precious Metals & Mining Virtual Stocks Forum.

Sponsored by: Wallstreetwinners.net

Keynote presentations will be delivered by Elliott Gue, Editor of Wall Street Winners at 9:00 AM and by David Chapman, Manager of Millennium Bullion Fund at 9:30 AM.

When: January 20, 2005 @ 10:30 AM Eastern Time

Where: Informed Investors Precious Metals Virtual Forum

How: Live over the Internet--Simply log on to the web at the address above.

Contact: Deborah Liston, Manager of Investor Relations, deborah.liston@meridiangold.com, (775) 850-3765

    If you are unable to attend the live event, the forum will be available via webcast at http://www.informedinvestors.com/IIF_Forum.asp?ForumID=89453

    Meridian Gold, Inc. is a mid-tier gold producer with world-class mining operations in Chile and a pipeline of promising exploration projects throughout the Americas. Our success to date is based on five grass-roots gold discoveries, a low-cost strategy, and a different yet better approach to balanced growth. Meridian is dedicated to building a better future for our shareholders and employees, contributing to the progress of the communities in which we operate and implementing strict practices designed to preserve our environment.
    Meridian's goal is to become a million ounce gold producer by 2008 with costs in the lower quartile of the industry. The growth strategy we have developed to achieve this goal has four main components: leveraging current assets, making grass-roots discoveries, participating in joint ventures, and acquiring other gold companies or properties. Over the past 25 years, we have been highly successful in using each of these paths to growth and are confident that future results will keep us on target in our evolution as a million ounce low-cost producer.

    FORUM CONTACT: Cary Loeser, Informed Investors, 804-327-3407, cloeser@wilink.com
    Web site: http://www.informedinvestors.com

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CONTACT: WILink Cary Loeser, 804-327-3407 cloeser@wilink.com

KEYWORD: NEVADA CHILE INTERNATIONAL LATIN AMERICA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: MINING/METALS TRADESHOW SOURCE: Meridian Gold

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