GOLD RESERVE LTD

GOLD RESERVE LTD suspended its duty to file periodic reports with the SEC.

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GOLD RESERVE LTD's exchange filed to remove a class of its securities from listing.

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The exchange's appeals panel sent Gold Reserve's delisting case back to staff instead of upholding it, so the stock stays listed for now while the company prepares a plan, due September 15, 2011, showing how it will become an operating company again.

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NYSE Amex moved to delist Gold Reserve, arguing that after Venezuela seized its Brisas gold project the company no longer qualifies as an operating business under exchange listing standards. Gold Reserve is appealing the decision.

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Rusoro's final amendment formally closing out its tender offer statement, confirming the bid expired unsuccessfully on February 18, 2009 after being withdrawn -- ending the four-month hostile takeover attempt with Gold Reserve independent.

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Rusoro withdrew its takeover bid after the Ontario court ruling made the offer's conditions impossible to satisfy, mooting the OSC's planned hearing on Gold Reserve's poison pill.

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The Ontario Superior Court granted Gold Reserve an injunction blocking Rusoro's bid until trial, finding Rusoro had accessed or benefited from Gold Reserve's confidential information through Endeavour Financial; the court ordered Rusoro and Endeavour to return that information.

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Rusoro escalated by applying to the Ontario Securities Commission to force Gold Reserve's poison pill off the table so its bid could proceed.

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Gold Reserve reported that less than 3% of its shares had been tendered into Rusoro's bid despite the extension -- evidence the board's rejection recommendation was holding.

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Gold Reserve said it had no communication from Venezuela's government about reports of a Rusoro/Venezuela joint venture ("VENRUS") to jointly develop the Brisas deposit, and noted Rusoro had disclosed no such deal publicly -- an early sign of the political risk around Brisas that would culminate in Venezuela's 2009 seizure of the project.

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Gold Reserve filed its injunction motion in Ontario Superior Court to block Rusoro's bid and separately extended the deadline before its poison pill's rights would separate from its shares.

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Gold Reserve's board unanimously recommended shareholders reject Rusoro's offer as inadequate compensation for the Brisas project and the company's cash.

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Gold Reserve's board amended its shareholder rights plan (poison pill) to broaden what counts as a Permitted Bid and formed an independent committee -- a defensive move against Rusoro's unsolicited bid.

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Gold Reserve sued Rusoro and Endeavour Financial in Ontario Superior Court, seeking an injunction to stop the bid and damages, over Endeavour's conflicted dual role as advisor to both companies.

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Rusoro Mining Ltd. launched an unsolicited exchange offer to buy Gold Reserve for 3 Rusoro shares per Gold Reserve share (about $67 million total). Gold Reserve hired bankers and lawyers and flagged that Rusoro's financial advisor, Endeavour Financial, also advises Gold Reserve -- a conflict Gold Reserve says makes the offer improper.

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Rusoro's own announcement of the hostile bid: a 3-for-1 share exchange it says represents a 140% premium to Gold Reserve's last trading price before the offer.

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Rusoro's full, legally operative Offer to Purchase and Circular formally commencing the tender offer under SEC and Canadian rules -- the document that starts the clock on the bid.

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the American Stock Exchange certified GOLD RESERVE LTD's securities for listing, clearing them to begin trading.

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