Placer Dome Inc. (“Placer Dome”) has been named the sole defendant in a Complaint filed on October 4, 2005, by the Provincial Government of the Island of Marinduque, Philippines (“Province”), with the District Court in Clark County, Nevada... If and when service of the Complaint is effected on Placer Dome, the company will challenge the Complaint on various grounds and otherwise vigorously defend the litigation. [also refers to Marcopper Mining]