EXHIBIT NO. 99: CAUTIONARY STATEMENT FOR PURPOSES OF THE "SAFE HARBOR"
PROVISIONS OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995


Written or oral statements made by Alcan or its representatives, including
statements set forth in Alcan's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002,
which describe the Company's or management's objectives, projections, estimates,
expectations or predictions of the future may be "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995, which can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such
as "believes," "expects," "may," "will," "should," "estimates," "anticipates" or
the negative thereof or other variations thereon. The Company cautions that, by
their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty and that
the Company's actual actions or results could differ materially from those
expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements or could affect the
extent to which a particular projection is realized.

Important factors which could cause the Company's actual performance to differ
materially from projections or expectations included in forward-looking
statements include global aluminum supply and demand conditions, aluminum ingot
prices and changes in raw materials costs and availability, changes in the
relative values of various currencies, cyclical demand and pricing within the
principal markets for the Company's products, changes in government regulations,
particularly those affecting environmental, health or safety compliance,
economic developments, relationships with and financial and operating conditions
of customers and suppliers, the effect of integrating acquired businesses and
the ability to attain expected benefits, and other factors within the countries
in which the Company operates or sells its products and other factors relating
to the Company's ongoing operations including, but not limited to, litigation,
labour negotiations and fiscal regimes.

The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking
statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Copies of the Company's filings may be obtained at no cost by contacting the
Company c/o the Corporate Secretary (514-848-8000) or the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov.


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