FORM 6-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of August 2005
Commission File Number 001-32412
| GLENCAIRN GOLD CORPORATION |
| (Translation of
registrant’s name into English) |
500 – 6 Adelaide St. East
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5C 1H6 |
| (Address of principal
executive offices) |
Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F
Indicate by check mark if the registrant
is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):
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Note: Regulation
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is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):
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Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K
if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private
issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the
registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home
country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s
securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is
not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security
holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K
submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR. |
Indicate by check mark whether by
furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the
information to the Commission pursuant to rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934.
If “Yes” is marked,
indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule
12g3-2(b) 82 —
SIGNATURE
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.
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GLENCAIRN GOLD CORPORATION
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| Date:
August 22, 2005 |
By:
“Lorna MacGillivray”
Lorna MacGillivray
Corporate Secretary and General Counsel |
GLENCAIRN GOLD
CORPORATION
CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT AND ETHICS
This Code of Business Conduct and
Ethics (“Code”) is intended to document the principles of conduct and ethics to
be followed by Glencairn Gold Corporation (the “Company” or
“Glencairn”) and its employees, officers and directors. Its purpose is to
promote honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent
conflicts of interest. All employees, officers and directors are also required to adhere
to the Company’s Insider Trading Policy and Share Dealing Code.
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CONFLICTS OF INTEREST — Employees, officers and directors of Glencairn shall
avoid situations where their personal or outside business interests could conflict with,
or even appear to conflict with, the interests of the Company and its shareholders. In the
event that any potential conflict of interest arises involving an employee or an officer,
the individual involved must immediately notify the Chief Executive Officer
(“CEO”) in writing and no further action may be taken unless authorized by the
CEO. In event that any potential conflict of interest arises involving a director, the
individual must immediately notify the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the CEO or,
in the case of a conflict involving the Chairman of the Board and/or the CEO, the Chairman
of the Corporate Governance Committee and one of the Chairman, the CEO or the Chief
Financial Officer (“CFO”) who has no potential conflict, in writing and no
further action may be taken unless authorized by any two of the Chairman of the Board, the
Chairman of the Corporation Governance Committee, the CEO or the CFO. |
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DEALING WITH SUPPLIERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS — All purchases of goods and
services by the Company will be made exclusively on the basis of price, quality, service
and suitability to the Company’s needs. Employees, officers or directors are
prohibited from accepting gifts of money or receiving any type of personal kickbacks,
rebates or other “under-the-table” payments. Employees, officers and directors
may accept unsolicited non-monetary gifts provided they are appropriate and customary
client development gifts for the industry. |
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DEALING WITH PUBLIC OFFICIALS — No employee shall make any form of payment,
direct or indirect, to any public official as inducement to procuring or keeping business
or having a law or regulation enacted, defeated, or violated. |
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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY — There shall be no discrimination against any
employee or applicant because of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, age,
national or ethnic origin, or physical handicap (unless demands of the position are
prohibitive). The Company will maintain a work environment free of discriminatory practice
of any kind. |
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HEALTH, SAFETY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION — It is the Company’s policy
to pay due regard to the health and safety of its employees, officers, directors and
others and to the state of the environment. |
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USE OF AGENTS- Agents or other non-employees cannot be used to circumvent the law
or to engage in practices that run contrary to this Code. |
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INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS AND BUSINESS PRACTICES — Employees, officers and
directors operating outside of Canada have a special responsibility to know and obey laws
and regulations of countries where they act for the Company and to conduct themselves in
accordance with local business practices. The Company recognizes that laws, regulations,
business practices and customs vary throughout the world and that, in certain cases, may
be different from laws, regulations, business practices and customs in Canada. The Company
and its employees, officers and directors shall comply with applicable laws relating to
foreign corrupt practices. |