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Two New Independent Directors Join the Board of Taseko
Friday October 15, 10:00 am ET


VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 2004--Ronald W. Thiessen, President and CEO of Taseko Mines Limited (AMEX:TGB - News; TSX VENTURE:TKO - News) is pleased to announce the recent appointments of Mr. David Elliott and Mr. Wayne Kirk as Directors of Taseko.
David Elliott has a strong and diverse background as a public accountant and corporate executive. He graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and acquired a Chartered Accountant designation in 1973 with KPMG LLP. Mr. Elliott joined BC Sugar Company in 1976, working in a number of senior positions before becoming President and Chief Operating Officer of the operating subsidiary, Rogers Sugar, in 1995. In 1997, he joined Lantic Sugar in Toronto as Executive Vice President. He has served as Chairman of the Canadian Sugar Institute. He became President and Chief Operating Officer of the International Group based in St Louis Missouri in 1999, a company which was involved with food distribution as well as manufacturing and distribution of pet and animal feed. For the past 2 years, he has been working with companies developing e-mail and data management services. Mr. Elliott currently serves on the boards of the BC Cancer Foundation and the University of BC Alumni Association.

Wayne Kirk is an attorney and consultant. He holds an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and a law degree from Harvard University. He was called to the bar in California in 1969. Mr. Kirk was an associate and partner in the San Francisco law firm of Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges from 1969 until 1992, specializing in corporate and mining law. He was Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Homestake Mining Company from 1992 until Barrick Gold Corporation's acquisition of Homestake in December 2001. Mr. Kirk was a director of Prime Resources Group Inc. (gold mining) (TSX; AMEX) from February 1996 until January 1999. From March 2002 until his retirement in July 2004, he was special counsel to the New York/San Francisco law firm of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP.

Taseko owns the 35,000 tonnes per day Gibraltar open pit copper mine, located near Williams Lake in south-central British Columbia. Gibraltar recently resumed operations and will produce an average of 70 million pounds of copper and 980,000 pounds of molybdenum per year.

For further details on Taseko and its Gibraltar copper mine please visit the Company's website at www.tasekomines.com or contact Investor Services at [phone] or within North America at 1-800-667-2114.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ronald W. Thiessen, President and CEO

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor the American Stock Exchange have approved or disapproved of the contents of this press release.



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Contact:
Taseko Mines Limited
Ronald W. Thiessen
President and CEO
[phone] or Toll Free: 1-800-667-2114
Fax: [phone]
OR
Taseko Mines Limited
Investor Services
[phone] or Toll Free: 1-800-667-2114
Fax: [phone]
Website: www.tasekomines.com



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Source: Taseko Mines Limited