Cuvier Mines says that through its wholly-owned British Columbia

subsidiary, 307292 B.C., it now has taken up approximately 87% of the outstanding shares of Golden Hind Ventures tendered in connection with the offer made Aug 18 for all of the outstanding shares of Golden Hind. Cuvier is currently completing a private placement of 806,666 common shares on a flow- through basis at an average issue price of 22.5 cents per share.