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BMO Capital Markets will kick-off its 16th annual Global Resources Conference today in Tampa, Florida, with a full slate of corporate presenters from the Metals & Minerals sectors. The conference will feature more than 200 leading resources companies representing six continents. A record 930 people from around the world have registered to attend the event, which will be webcast live – and for the first time, a podcast will be available at the end of each day.

The conference will be hosted by BMO Capital Markets' industry-leading Mining Equity Research team:
Andrea Cheung, Gold & Precious Minerals
Heather Douglas, Precious Metals & Minerals
John Hayes, Small Cap Junior Mining
Victor Lazarovici, Metals & Minerals
Craig Miller, Small Cap Junior Mining
Geoff Stanley, Precious Metals & Minerals
Jay Turner, Small Cap Junior Mining
Nawojka Wachowiak, Precious Metals & Minerals

Presentations are being broadcast live and archived at:
http://www.bmocm.com/conferences/2007Resources/default.aspx

An up to the minute agenda with presentation times for the conference is also available on the web site.

Media interested in scheduling interviews are asked to call (416) 867-3996.

BMO Capital Markets is a leading North American financial services provider offering investment and corporate banking, advisory services, treasury and market risk management, institutional investing, and research. BMO Capital Markets is a member of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO), which has more than US$284.9 billion in total assets and 35,000 employees as of October 31, 2006. For more information, visit www.bmocm.com.

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