Dec 16/04 "Mellon (OTC:MLON.PK - News) today announced that it a (sic) acquired 3,000,000 shares which is less than 5% of Equity Retirement Distributors Canada Ltd. (ERDTF.PK) from Pearl Asian Mining Industries, Inc. (PRMN.PK) in exchange for 500,000,000 newly issued MLON shares subject to SEC RULE 144."