News New VPFrontier Pacific Mining Appoints Ian Laurent as VP of Exploration
Vancouver , British Columbia , March 6, 2007 – Frontier Pacific Mining Corporation Resources (TSX: FRP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Ian Laurent, M.Econ.Geol., MAIG, as Vice-President of Exploration. Mr. Laurent has fifteen years of experience in mineral exploration and resource development on four continents.
Since 2002, Mr. Laurent has been part of Bolnisi Gold N.L managerial team responsible for the exploration and resource development of all of Bolnisi Gold’s assets in northern Mexico, in particular the Palmarejo property in southern Chihuahua State, Mexico.
From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Laurent was Project Geologist for Viking Gold Corporation, designing and managing the exploration programs that discovered the Svartliden Gold Project culminating in the discovery of a resource of 2.83 million tonnes grading 4.5g/t gold (408,800 ounces), as published by Dragon Mining in June 2005. While working at Svartliden, Mr. Laurent also completed his Masters of Economic Geology at the University of Tasmania on the synthesis of the geology and geophysics of the Svartliden Au deposit, Sweden.
Prior to 1997, Mr. Laurent has actively explored in Guinea and Mali, West Africa; Turkey and the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia.
Mr. Laurent brings with him a diversity of experience, geological and technical knowledge that will be beneficial to the requirements of advancing the Company’s projects to a bankable feasibility study.
The Company has granted stock options to purchase 200,000 shares of the Company for a period of 5 years. Pricing of options is at the close of market on March 5, 2007 and is subject to all necessary approvals.
About Frontier Pacific :
Frontier Pacific is primarily focused on two major projects; the development of the advanced Perama Hill Gold project in northern Greece and a major Uranium exploration program on the extensive Macusani Uranium concessions in southern Peru.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
FRONTIER PACIFIC MINING CORPORATION
“Peter F. Tegart”
Peter F. Tegart, P. Geo., President & CEO