40-F/A

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 40 – F/A

[   ]     Registration statement pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

[X]     Annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

For the Fiscal Year Ended: December 31, 2003                      Commission File Number 1-9662

PLACER DOME INC.
Canada (Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) Suite 1600, 1055 Dunsmuir Street P.O. Box 49330, Bentall Postal Stn. Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V7X 1P1 Telephone: (604) 682-7082 (Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)	1041 (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)	Not Applicable (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) Robert M. Riggs Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP 2 Wall Street New York, New York 10005-2072 Telephone: (212) 732-3200 (Agent for Service in the United States)

        Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

        Title of Each Class:                  Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered:

Common Shares	New York Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange Australian Stock Exchange	Euronext-Paris Swiss Exchange
Common Share    Purchase Rights	New York Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None

For annual reports, indicate by check mark the information filed with this Form:
|X|     Annual Information Form         |X|     Audited Annual Financial Statements

At December 31, 2003, 411,530,294 Common Shares of the Registrant were outstanding.

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant by filing the information 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 (the “Exchange Act”). If “Yes” is marked, indicate the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with such Rule.    Yes         No |X|

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports); and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes |X|    No   

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

By this Amendment No. 1 on Form 40-F/A to its Annual Report on Form 40-F filed on March 5, 2004, the Registrant is correcting certain inadvertent typographical errors on page 169 of the Renewal Annual Information Form filed as Document 1 in its Annual Report on Form 40-F as follows:

Clifford L. Michel
Gladstone, New Jersey, USA
(4) 1987 Senior Counsel, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP (law firm)
since February 2001, and prior thereto, Partner; President
and CEO and a director of Wenonah Development Company
(private investment company), President and CEO,
HomeWinds Foundation; Trustee of a complex of mutual
funds managed by Alliance Capital Management; Trustee of
St. Mark's School; Treasurer of Jockey Hollow Foundation.

UNDERTAKING AND CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS

Undertaking

The Registrant undertakes to make available, in person or by telephone, representatives to respond to inquiries made by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) staff, and to furnish promptly, when requested to do so by the SEC staff, information relating to: the securities registered pursuant to Form 40-F; the securities in relation to which the obligation to file an annual report on Form 40-F arises; or transactions in said securities.

Consent to Service of Process

Consent to Service of Process on Form F-X in connection with the Common Shares has been previously filed with the SEC.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 40-F and has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

PLACER DOME INC.
Registrant



"J. Donald Rose"

J. Donald Rose
Executive Vice-President, Secretary and General Counsel
March 12, 2004

EX-31

EXHIBIT 31

Certification

Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Jay K. Taylor, certify that:

1) I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to the annual report on Form 40-F/A of Placer Dome Inc.; and

2) Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

Date: March 12, 2004



"Jay K. Taylor"

Name: Jay K. Taylor
Title: Chief Executive Officer and President, Placer Dome Inc.

Certification

Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Rex J. McLennan, certify that:

1) I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to the annual report on Form 40-F/A of Placer Dome Inc.; and

2) Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

Date: March 12, 2004



"Rex J. McLennan"

Name: Rex J. McLennan
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Executive-Vice President, Placer Dome Inc.