NEWS!APRIL 11, 2007 - 10:51 ET
Nuinsco Appoints David Mchaina as Director, Environment & Sustainable Development
Mchaina to focus on environmental, permitting and First Nations issues for Nuinsco and Victory Nickel
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - April 11, 2007) - Nuinsco Resources Limited ("Nuinsco" or the "Company") (TSX:NWI) (www.nuinsco.ca) today announced the appointment of Dr. David Mhina Mchaina, Ph.D, P.Eng. to the position of Director, Environment and Sustainable Development. Dr. Mchaina, who has more than 20 years of progressive technical and management experience in environmental, health and safety protection and sustainable development, will play a key role as Nuinsco and Victory Nickel advance their respective projects to production.
"David is a tremendous addition to our team as he brings a wealth of experience that will be invaluable as Nuinsco moves forward with the development of the Cameron Lake gold deposit in Ontario and Corner Bay high-grade copper project in Quebec, and as Victory Nickel completes the Minago feasibility study and evaluates near-term nickel production scenarios at the Mel deposit in Manitoba and the Lac Rocher deposit in Quebec," said Nuinsco's President Brian E. Robertson.
Dr. Mchaina is a professional engineer who received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in mining engineering from the University of Zambia School of Mines. In 1990, Dr. Mchaina received his Ph.D. in applied science, Mining and mineral processing engineering from the University of British Columbia.
Immediately prior to joining Nuinsco, Dr. Mchaina was Manager, Environmental Affairs, Americas for Boliden Limited commencing in 1998. Previously, Dr. Mchaina held a series of progressive positions with several mining companies, including Westmin Resources Limited and Goldcorp Inc. In 2003, Dr. Mchaina was the William S. Fifye Visiting Professor in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development at the University of Western Ontario.
About Victory Nickel
Victory Nickel Inc. is a Canadian company with over 660 million pounds of in-situ nickel in National Instrument 43-101-compliant measured (154 million pounds) and indicated (511 million pounds) resources in three sulphide nickel projects: Minago and Mel on Manitoba's Thompson nickel belt, and the high-grade Lac Rocher deposit in northwestern Quebec, and an additional 530 million pounds of in-situ nickel in inferred resources. Victory Nickel is focused on becoming a producer by developing its existing properties and evaluating opportunities to expand its asset base.