New CFOEverton Resources Appoints New CFO and Grants Options
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Apr 04, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX News Network) --
Everton Resources Inc. ("Everton Resources" or "Company")(TSX VENTURE: EVR)(FRANKFURT: ERV) is pleased to announce the appointment of Judith Mazvihwa-MacLean as new Chief Financial Officer effective April 1, 2011. Ms. MacLean is replacing Ms. Khadija Abounaim who has resigned her position as CFO on March 31st, 2011 to pursue other interests.
The Board would like to thank Ms. Abounaim for her service and wish her the best of luck in her future endeavours.
Ms. MacLean has over 16 years of experience in mineral exploration, mining, management, finance and senior leadership. Prior to joining Everton Resources Inc., Ms. MacLean was the CFO for Logan Resources Ltd., and Acme Resources Inc. (formerly, International KRL Resources Corp.) from 2002 to 2010 and Golden Harp Resources Inc. from 2006 to 2009. She also served on the Boards of both Logan Resources Ltd., and Acme Resources Ltd.
From 2001 through 2002, Ms. MacLean was the Exploration Geologist for Cumberland Resources Ltd. and Northgate Resources Ltd. in Canada. Previous to this, she was the Section Head and Section Geologist at Turk Mine and Queens Mine, Casmyn Mining Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd. and a Field Geologist for Prospecting Ventures Ltd., a subsidiary of Anglo-American Corp. in Zimbabwe.
Ms. MacLean has a Bachelor of Science (Geology) degree from the University of Zimbabwe, a Masters of Science from Brunel University in the United Kingdom and a Masters of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University, Canada. She earned the Certified Management Accountant designation from the Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia, Canada, in 2008.
The Company is also pleased to announce the granting of options to purchase in the aggregate 410,000 common shares of the Company to an officer, an employee and two consultants. Each option entitles the holder to purchase one common share of the Company at the price of
.335 per share, which is the closing price of the Company's common shares on April 1st, 2011.
The options are granted pursuant to the Company's incentive stock option plan and under such plan are available for exercise for a period of five years.