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
Dated May 2, 2005
Fording Canadian Coal Trust
(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)
Suite 1000, 205-9th Avenue SE
Calgary, Alberta Canada T2G 0R4
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form 20-F ______
Form 40-F ___X___
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)
Yes ______
No __X__
(If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-________.
This report furnished on Form 6-K shall be incorporated by reference into each of the Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933 of the registrant.
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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.
FORDING CANADIAN COAL TRUST
May 2, 2005
By:____________________________________
James F. Jones
Corporate Secretary
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Exhibit Index
The following is a list of Exhibits included as part of this Report on Form 6-K.
Description of Exhibit
Number
“Fording Canadian Coal Trust Annual and Special Meeting
99.1
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Media Advisory |  |
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Attention Business / Assignment Editors:
FORDING CANADIAN COAL TRUST ANNUAL AND SPECIAL MEETING
CALGARY, May 2, 2005 – Fording Canadian Coal Trust (TSX: FDG.UN / NYSE: FDG) will be holding its Annual and Special Meeting on Wednesday, May 4, 2005. Details are as follows:
Date:
Wednesday, May 4, 2005
Time:
11:00 a.m. MST
Where:
The Fairmont Palliser Hotel
Alberta Room
133 – 9th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta
Michael Grandin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Jim Popowich, President, will be available to answer questions from the media directly following the meeting in the Turner Valley Room.
About Fording
Fording Canadian Coal Trust is an open-ended mutual fund trust. Through investments in metallurgical coal and industrial minerals mining and processing operations, the Trust makes quarterly cash distributions to unitholders. The Trust, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Fording Inc., holds a 60% interest in the Elk Valley Coal Partnership and is the world's largest producer of the industrial mineral wollastonite. Elk Valley Coal Partnership, comprised of Canada's senior metallurgical coal mining properties, is the world's second largest exporter of metallurgical coal, and expects to supply approximately 27 million tonnes of high-quality coal products to the international steel industry in 2005. The Trust’s shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol FDG.UN and on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol FDG.
For further information contact:
Susan J. Soprovich
Catherine Hart
Director, Investor Relations
Coordinator, Investor Relations
403-260-9834
403-260-9817
Email: investors@fording.ca
Website: www.fording.ca