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Alamos Gold and Richmont Mines Announce Receipt of Interim Court Order, Special Meetings of Shareholders and Mailing of Information Circular
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nAlamos Gold and Richmont Mines Announce Receipt of Interim Court Order, Special Meetings of Shareholders and Mailing of Information Circular\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nTORONTO, Oct. 24, 2017\n\n\n\nTORONTO, Oct. 24, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ - Alamos Gold Inc. (\"Alamos\") (TSX: AGI) (NYSE: AGI) and Richmont Mines Inc. (\"Richmont\") (TSX: RIC) (NYSE: RIC) today announced that Alamos and Richmont have been granted an interim order from the Quebec Superior Court (Commercial Division) authorizing various matters, including the holding of special meetings of Alamos and Richmont shareholders to consider the proposed plan of arrangement (the \"Transaction\") whereby Alamos will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Richmont, and the mailing of the joint information circular.\n\nThe special meetings of Alamos and Richmont shareholders to consider the Transaction will be held on November 16, 2017 at the offices of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, 333 Bay Street, 24th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2T6. Richmont's special meeting will commence at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time) followed by Alamos' special meeting of shareholders at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern Time). Shareholders of record as of the close of business on October 17, 2017 will be eligible to vote at the special meetings.\n\nAlamos and Richmont have prepared a joint information circular with respect to the Transaction which will be mailed to shareholders of record as of October 17, 2017. The information circular will also be available on SEDAR (www.sedar.com), EDGAR (www.sec.gov) and the Alamos and Richmont websites at www.alamosgold.com and www.richmont-mines.com.\n\nAlamos and Richmont's Board of Directors unanimously recommend that their shareholders vote in favor of the proposed Transaction.\n\nAbout Alamos Gold Inc.\n\nAlamos is a Canadian-based intermediate gold producer with diversified production from three operating mines in North America. This includes the Young-Davidson mine in northern Ontario, Canada and the Mulatos and El Chanate ...