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Fairfax Financial Enters into Voting Support Agreement for Eldorado Gold Corporation and Foran Mining Combination
Foran Mining Corporation (TSX: FOM) (OTCQX: FMCXF) ("Foran" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that certain affiliates of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (collectively, "Fairfax"), a long-term, value-oriented institutional investor, have entered into a voting support agreement in respect of Foran's previously announced plan of arrangement (the "Transaction") with Eldorado Gold Corporation ("Eldorado").
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