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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=6
color=red face="Berlin Sans FB"><span style='font-size:28.0pt;font-family:
"Berlin Sans FB";color:red'>ACTION ALERT<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:place w:st="on"><b><i><font
size=5 color=red face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:red;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Pacific Rim</span></font></i></b></st1:place><b><i><font
size=5 color=red face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:red;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> shareholders meet
today! <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>August
25, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font
size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Let’s send
a clear message: Withdraw your shameful lawsuit against <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>! <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;
font-weight:bold'>Today, the shareholders and Board of Directors of Pacific
Rim Mining will meet for their Annual General Meeting in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Vancouver</st1:City></st1:place>, B.C. </span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:windowtext'>When the government and people of El Salvador
stopped Pacific Rim’s gold mines from opening, this Canadian
corporation opened a storefront in Nevada, and is now using the US-Central
American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) to sue the Salvadoran government for
hundreds of millions of dollars in ‘lost profits’. <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>T</span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:windowtext'>he company has been telling their shareholders that
they are still hopeful for a “resolution” with the Salvadoran
government. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>However, after the 2009
elections, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>
finally has a democratic government</span></b></span></font><b><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>that is responding to the people’s demands</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:windowtext'>. On Saturday, the President of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>, Mauricio Funes
reiterated his public commitment: “<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>I
will not authorize any mining exploration or exploitation project</span></b>”
and he welcomed the process underway in the Legislative Assembly to pass a
national ban on metallic mining.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>El Salvador</span></font></st1:country-region></st1:place><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:windowtext'> is standing strong in the face of <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=655&Itemid=27"
title="blocked::http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=655&Itemid=27">violent
attacks against rural communities</a> that oppose the mines and the open
threat of the World Bank lawsuit. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>We need
you to stand in solidarity</span></b> with these struggles against
corporate extortion, neocolonialism, and environmental racism in <st1:place
w:st="on">Latin America</st1:place> today!<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>
</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;
font-weight:bold'>Let’s keep <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place>’s
phone ringing off the hook all morning; </span></font></b><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext'>solidarity activists will take over at the start of the
meeting (3 pm PST) with a rally outside the conference center. <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Call Catherine McLeod-Seltzer, the Chair of the
Board of Directors today to let her know that she is up against the peoples
of <st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region> and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place>! </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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center'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'><br>
</span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext'>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font
size=5 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>TAKE ACTION!</span></font></i></b><font
size=5 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'><br>
</span></font><b><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:
bold'>1) Call Pacific Rim and tell them to drop the lawsuit and get out of <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>!
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>See sample script below</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>Call <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Catherine McLeod-Seltzer, </span></b>Chair of the
Board of Directors in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Vancouver</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">BC</st1:State></st1:place> office at (604) 689-1976.</span></font><font
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'>Call as
early as you can before she heads off to the shareholder meeting!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:
bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:
bold'>2) Email a letter to the editor of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Vancouver</st1:City></st1:place> Sun to expose this corporate
extortion! <i><span style='font-style:italic'>See sample letter below</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'>Send a short letter to the editor (200 words or
less) at: </span></font></i></b><b><font color="#7b7b7b" face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:#7B7B7B;font-weight:bold'> <a
href="mailto:sunletters@vancouversun.com"
title="blocked::mailto:sunletters@vancouversun.com"><font color="#035a91"><span
style='color:#035A91'>sunletters@vancouversun.com</span></font></a></span></font></b><b><i><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;
font-weight:bold'>SAMPLE CALL SCRIPT:</span></font></b><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>Hello. My name is
_________ and I have been following Pacific Rim’s </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'>lawsuit
against the government <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El
Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></font><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext'>. I am calling with a message for the Board of
Directors and all the shareholders who are meeting today. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>The people of <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>
have rejected the mine and that decision must be respected. Your lawsuit is
a shameful ploy to rob the government of desperately-needed resources for
your own financial gain. But you have a chance to do the right thing at
today’s meeting. I call on you to make the decision to:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;
font-weight:bold'>1. Immediately withdraw from Cabañas and cease all
efforts to mine gold in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El
Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;
font-weight:bold'>2. Immediately withdraw your lawsuit against the
government of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El
Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-weight:bold'>SAMPLE TEXT OF LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE <st1:place
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>To the editors:
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>There is a new
form of corporate extortion going on in Vancouver today which is not being
covered by <i><span style='font-style:italic'>the Sun</span></i>. Pacific
Rim Mining is suing the government of El Salvador for, at minimum, $77
million dollars for rejecting its </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>proposed gold mine</span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:windowtext'>. This company is based in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Vancouver</st1:City></st1:place> and the Board of Directors,
chaired by Catherine McLeod-Seltzer, has deep ties to the Canadian mining
industry. However, the company now claims to be American, at least American
enough to sue <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El
Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place> through the <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>U.S.</span></i>-Central America Free Trade Agreement.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>As worldwide
resistance to the plundering of land and resources by Canadian mining
companies grows, it seems the industry is getting desperate and more
dangerous (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>the Sun</span></i> previously
looked in to <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place> after three local
environmentalists were murdered). Suing an entire nation, especially a
country like <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
whose economy has been ransacked by centuries of exploitation and now
“free” trade, because you could not convince local people to
let you destroy their lands, is not just immoral; it should be illegal. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Sun at </span></font></i><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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