UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
 
 
FORM 6-K
 
 
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
 
CIK # 878518
 
 
As at March 18, 2005
 
 
TASEKO MINES LIMITED
800 West Pender Street, Suite 1020
Vancouver , British Columbia
Canada V6C 2V6
 
 
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Signatures
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, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
By: /s/ Jeffrey R. Mason
Director and Chief Financial Officer
 
Date: March 18, 2005
 
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Taseko Mines Limited
1020 - 800 W Pender Street
Vancouver BC
Canada V6C 2V6
Tel 604 684 - 6365
Fax 604 684 - 8092
Toll Free 1 800 667 - 2114
www.tasekomines.com
 
 

TASEKO COMPLETES $7.5 MILLION FINANCING

March 18, 2005, Vancouver, BC - Ronald W. Thiessen, President and CEO of Taseko Mines Limited (TSX Venture: TKO; AMEX: TGB) announces that Taseko has completed a private placement financing announced on February 3, 2005, comprising 5,204,361 units for gross proceeds of $7.5 million. Each unit consists of one common share and one common share purchase warrant exercisable to purchase an additional common share at a price of $1.66 for an 18 month period. The common shares in the units and the shares issuable on exercise of the warrants will be subject to a four month resale restricted period in the principal Canadian jurisdictions.

Proceeds from the financing will be used to fund restart operating costs and evaluation of hydrometallurgy technology for the Gibraltar Mine, and for general working capital. Operations at the 35,000 tonnes per day Gibraltar open pit copper-molybdenum mine, located near Williams Lake in south-central British Columbia, restarted in October 2004. Under the current plan, the mine and mill complex will produce an average of 70 million pounds of copper and 980,000 pounds of molybdenum in concentrate annually.

For further details on Taseko Mines Limited, please visit the Company's website at www.tasekomines.com or contact Investor Services at (604) 684-6365 or within North America at 1-800-667-2114.
 
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
/s/ Ronald W. Thiessen
 
Ronald W. Thiessen
President & CEO
 
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor any other regulatory authority accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Forward Oriented Information

This release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements". All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that address future production, reserve potential, exploration drilling, exploitation activities and events or developments that the Company expects are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices, exploitation and exploration successes, continuing availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and that actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. For more information on the Company, Investors should review the Company's annual form 20-F filing with the United States Securities Commission and its home jurisdiction filings that are available at www.sedar.com.