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The Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) is pleased to announce that it has finalized an agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) granting it permission to mint bullion coins bearing the emblem of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and the famed rings of the Olympic Movement. This agreement is a first of its kind for the global bullion industry. The RCM intends to produce a series of Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Gold Maple Leaf bullion coins and Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Silver Maple Leaf bullion coins over the next three years. The design of the 2008 gold and silver bullion coins will be unveiled in August 2007, while the first issue of these coins is forecast for market release in September-October 2007. Two more annual issues (2009 and 2010) will follow. The coins will be distributed through the RCM's extensive network of bullion dealers. "Now that our bullion coins will be complemented by the Olympic brand, the Royal Canadian Mint will be able to promote the spirit of the Olympic and Paralympic Games across three of its major business lines: gold and bullion, Canadian circulation coins and numismatics," said Ian E. Bennett, President and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint. "We are thrilled that our universally acclaimed Maple Leaf bullion products will gain even more prestige and exclusivity as we count down to the excitement of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games." "VANOC congratulates the Royal Canadian Mint on their Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Gold and Silver Maple Leaf bullion coins that will help to promote the Olympic spirit in Canada and throughout the world." said Dave Cobb, Executive Vice President of the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), created in 1894, is a non-governmental organization with volunteer members who represent its work around the world, and an administrative staff based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
