Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation
 

 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 19, 2007
Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
IDAHO
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
1-8641
(Commission File Number)
82-0109423
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
505 Front Ave., P.O. Box “I”
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, 83816
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(208) 667-3511
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 8.01 Other Events
          On October 19, 2007, Coeur announced that it had filed its definitive proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) with respect to the issuance of Coeur shares pursuant to Coeur’s proposed acquisition of Bolnisi and Palmarejo. A copy of the press release is being filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
          The foregoing information does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the press release filed as an exhibit hereto.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)     Exhibits:
     
Exhibit 99.1
  Press Release dated October 19, 2007

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SIGNATURE
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation
         
     
Date: October 19, 2007  By:   /s/ James A. Sabala   
    Name:   James A. Sabala    
    Title:   Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 
 
 

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