TORONTO, Sept. 3, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- The management of Apollo Gold Corporation (TSE:APG) is pleased to announce that the Company will hold its first general conference call for the financial markets on Thursday, September 5, at 11:00 a.m., Eastern time (10:00 a.m., Central Time, 9:00 a.m., Mountain Time and 8:00 a.m., Pacific Time).
The conference call, which is open to all shareholders, private investors and members of the financial community and press, will discuss disclosed progress and activity to date as well as goals and exploration objectives for the remainder of 2002. Following management's remarks the line will be opened for an interactive question and answer period.
Those wishing to take part in the call may do so by dialing Toll Free 1-800-946-0786 up to ten minutes in advance of the scheduled start time.
Beginning at 3:00 a.m., Eastern time, on the day of the call and continuing for seven days thereafter, a recorded replay of the conference call can be accessed by dialing Toll Free 1-888-203-1112 and entering the replay pass code of 466202 when prompted to do so.
Apollo Gold will conduct a regular series of conference calls in an effort to keep the financial markets fully informed of production progress at Florida Canyon and Montana Tunnels as well as ongoing exploration activities. We strongly encourage our shareholders and the financial community at-large to take advantage of this opportunity to meet key members of our management team.
On Behalf of the Board, R. David Russell, President & CEO