NEWS SRLSalazar Appoints Mr. Bruce Harvey and Mr. James Mayor to Company's Advisory Board
Sep 14, 2007 9:00:00 AM
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 14, 2007) - Salazar Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:SRL)(FRANKFURT:CCG) Mr. Fredy Salazar is pleased to announce that two seasoned mining experts, Mr. James Mayor and Mr. Bruce Harvey, have agreed to serve on the Company's Advisory Board.
Mr. James Mayor is a Graduate of the Royal School of Mines, University of London, England, and has over 43 years experience in senior positions in the mining industry, 37 years of which were spent with Newmont. Mr. Mayor's technical experience includes mine geology, project development and generative exploration in VHMS, Orogenic Gold, Porphyry Copper and Epithermal Systems. Mr. Mayor's extensive experience with Newmont includes the position of Exploration Manager for Ecuador from 1996 - 2001 and Exploration Manager with the team that discovered the Herradura Mine, Sonora Mexico, from 1986 - 1992.
Mr. Bruce Harvey has a MS degree in Geology from the University of New Mexico and a Bachelors degree in Geology from the University of Montana. Mr. Harvey has worked in mineral exploration and mining for +30 years including the past 13 years in South America. Mr. Harvey is currently the President of Pembroke Resources Corporation, a private Vancouver-based exploration company with exploration programs in Peru and Brazil, and also President of Peusa Exploration Incorporated, a US-based exploration consulting group. Mr. Harvey has worked throughout South America with extensive experience in epithermal gold systems in the Andes.
Mr. Harvey previously worked with Newmont Mining Corporation for 19 years from 1987-2006 with the most recent position as Director of Exploration - South America, in which he was responsible for exploration activities throughout South America. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Harvey served in a number of exploration management assignments for Newmont including Director of Geology at Yanacocha and Yanacocha Exploration Manager during a time when the Yanacocha Gold District in Peru grew to be one of the largest gold operations in the world. In addition, Mr. Harvey worked in several other exploration positions for Newmont including Exploration Acquisition Group - South America and as the Carlin Trend (Nevada, USA) Exploration Manager. Prior to working with Newmont, Mr. Harvey worked with Rio Algom, Superior Mining and Conoco Minerals in a variety of exploration programs in the western United States.
Said Mr. Salazar, "We, at Salazar Resources, are very pleased and honoured to have the assistance and guidance of these seasoned professionals as we proceed with our drill program in Ecuador."
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF SALAZAR RESOURCES LIMITED
Fredy Salazar, President & CEO
Salazar Resources Limited
Salazar Resources Ltd. is a publicly-listed (TSX VENTURE:SRL) mineral resource company engaged in the exploration and development of new highly prospective areas of Ecuador. Led by a senior Ecuadorian management team and most notably by its namesake Fredy Salazar, this team has been instrumental in other major discoveries throughout Ecuador, including Aurelian's Fruta del Norte discovery, IAMGold's Quimsacocha Deposit, Mozo Deposit, Ex Newmont's Cangrejos Project and International Minerals Rio Blanco and Gaby Deposit. Being an Ecuadorian based company gives us a strategic advantage enabling us to complete exploration at a rapid pace, with over sixty personnel on the ground, including twelve geologists. With an excellent property portfolio (4 projects - 131,300 hectares), good geopolitical positioning and a number of strategic corporate and financial partnerships, Salazar has positioned itself to be a strategic player in Ecuador.
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