Sherritt International 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 15, 2009) -

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Sherritt International Corporation (TSX:S) will hold its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe Street, Toronto, Canada. This meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. EDT.

About Sherritt

Sherritt is a diversified natural resource company that produces nickel, cobalt, thermal coal, oil, gas and electricity. It also licenses its proprietary technologies to other companies. Sherritt's common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "S".