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GETCHELL GOLD CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY
FOR RELEASE 8:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME                                     
Release Date: April 26, 1999
Contact:
Donald S. Robson
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Getchell Gold Corporation
(303) 771-9000                                                     

GETCHELL GOLD CORPORATION SETS SPECIAL MEETING DATE

Englewood, Colorado (April 26, 1999) -- Getchell Gold Corporation (American
Stock Exchange -- GGO) announced today that its Board of Directors has scheduled
a special meeting of its stockholders for May 27, 1999 regarding the proposed
merger with Placer Dome Inc., and has set April 26, 1999 as the record date for
voting at the special meeting. The Company will first mail its proxy statement
relating to the special meeting as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on or about April 28, 1999. Subject to stockholder approval, the
transaction is scheduled to close by the end of May. Placer Dome and Getchell
Gold announced an agreement and plan of merger on December 13, 1998.

Getchell Gold Corporation is a gold mining and exploration company with
operations in north central Nevada and a corporate office in Englewood,
Colorado.