Fairfax Financial Supports Eldorado Gold Acquisition of Foran Mining

Fairfax Financial Holdings, a Canadian financial holding company, has agreed to vote with all its shares in favor of Eldorado Gold's proposed acquisition of Foran Mining. Fairfax owns approximately 21.6% of Foran Mining's issued and outstanding common shares and will receive 0.11 common shares of Eldorado and C$0.01 in cash for each Foran share held. The deal is worth around C$3.8 billion (US$2.74 billion).