Global Alumina Corporation Changes Stock Symbol To GLA.U TORONTO, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Alumina Corporation (Global Alumina) announced today that its symbol on the Toronto Stock Exchange will be changing from GPC.U to GLA.U at the commencement of trading on Friday, June 17, 2005. The new stock symbol better reflects Global Alumina's corporate name, which became effective on April 29, 2005. As previously announced on May 2, 2005, the Corporation's name was changed to emphasize its singular focus on becoming the world's leading producer of smelter grade alumina. ABOUT GLOBAL ALUMINA Global Alumina Corporation is a company that intends to use the vast bauxite resources of Guinea to produce alumina for sale to the global aluminum industry. Global Alumina is positioned to be one of the largest companies focused solely on alumina production and sales, and offers an opportunity for socially responsible investing in a country that holds over one-third of the world's bauxite resources. Global Alumina is headquartered in Saint John, New Brunswick with operations in Boke, Guinea and has administrative offices in New York, London, Montreal and Conakry, Guinea. For further information visit our website at http://www.globalalumina.com/. This press release includes certain "forward-looking statements". All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein, including without limitation statements regarding future plans, goals and objectives of Global Alumina, are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers are cautioned to not place undue reliance upon the forward-looking statements included herein. DATASOURCE: Global Alumina Corporation CONTACT: Michael Cella of Global Alumina, +1-212-223-9419, ; or Joshua Orzech of GCI Group, +1-416-486-5923, Web site: http://www.globalalumina.com/

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