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Goldcorp donates $1 million to support Pacific Salmon Foundation

DONATION IS LARGEST IN PACIFIC SALMON FOUNDATION'S 25-YEAR HISTORY
 

VIDEO OF GOLDCORP'S CHUCK JEANNES MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT: http://youtu.be/im9j9mP7LqM 

 

From left to right: E.L. (Ned) Pottinger, Chairman, Pacific Salmon Foundation; Brian Riddell, President & CEO, Pacific Salmon Foundation; Chuck Jeannes, President & CEO, Goldcorp. Photo by Sam Chua, Sam Chua Photography 

 

Goldcorp President and CEO Chuck Jeannes has announced a $1-million donation to the Pacific Salmon Foundation. The donation was announced at the Foundation's 25th anniversary gala on May 2 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. The donatino will be the single largest corporate donation made in the Foundation's history.

Goldcorp’s donation will support projects to restore Pacific salmon populations in the Strait of Georgia where coho and Chinook numbers are 90 percent lower than they were just two decades ago. The contribution will also help address a chronic funding shortfall that leaves about half of the grant requests submitted to the Foundation unfunded. Goldcorp will also continue as lead sponsor of the Foundation’s annual gala and fundraising dinner, held each spring in Vancouver.

“Goldcorp is committed to making a positive difference in the communities where we are located. As a resource-company leader and outdoorsman, I appreciate the critical place Pacific salmon occupy in our environment and the duty we all have to help ensure a sustainable future for this vital natural resource,” said Jeannes. “We’re pleased to be able to support the Pacific Salmon Foundation because our donation is magnified several times over through the work of volunteers who make a difference in salmon restoration projects across British Columbia.”

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Contact:              Michael Meneer, Pacific Salmon Foundation, 604-664-7664 ext. 127, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  
                          Tanya Todd, Goldcorp Inc., 604-696-3000, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

About Pacific Salmon Foundation: 
 The Pacific Salmon Foundation was created in 1987 as a non-governmental, charitable organization to protect, conserve and rebuild Pacific Salmon populations in British Columbia and the Yukon. Since the Foundation’s inception in 1987, it has invested $34 million in 2,000 Pacific salmon projects. As a result, 76,790 trees and shrubs have been planted in riparian areas; 1.1 million square metres of stream, lake and estuary habitat created or rehabilitated; more than 11 million salmon produced through conservation hatcheries; and more than 260,000 people reached through public education. www.psf.ca

About Goldcorp Inc.:
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