Bulletin from the Annual General Meeting of Boliden AB, 26th April, 2004

Bulletin from the Annual General Meeting
of Boliden AB, 26th April, 2004

Dividend

The Annual General Meeting decided in accordance with the proposal of
the
Board of Directors and the CEO that no dividend will be distributed.

Board of Directors

The Annual General Meeting decided to re-elect the ordinary members
Risto Virrankoski, Carl Bennet, Marie Berglund, Satu Huber, Jan
Johansson,
Tapani Järvinen, Anders Sundström and Christoffer Taxell.

Skellefteå, Sweden, 26th April, 2004

BOLIDEN AB

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For further information, please contact: Ulf Söderström, Senior Vice President
Group Communications, telephone +46 8 610 15 57, +46 70 618 95 95

Boliden is one of the leading mining and smelting companies in the world
with operations in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Ireland and Canada.
Boliden's main products are copper, zinc, lead, gold and silver.
Exploration and Recycling of Base Metals are also important within the
company. The number of employees is approximately 4 900 and the turnover
amounts to approximately EUR 1.6 billion annually. The Boliden share is
quoted on the Stockholm Stock Exchange in Sweden as well as on the
Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada.

                                                          www.boliden.com

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