First Point Minerals Announces New Board MemberFirst Point Minerals Corp.
January 3, 2008 - 05:07:20 PM
First Point Minerals Announces New Board Member
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 3, 2008) - Dr. Peter Bradshaw,
President of First Point Minerals Corp. ("First Point") (TSX VENTURE:FPX), is
very pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. John Gammon to the Board of
Directors of First Point.
Dr. Gammon's twenty years international exploration experience, largely with
Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited, led to the discovery of two nickel-copper
deposits in Norway. Internationally, Dr. Gammon also worked on a variety of
nickel and base metal deposits in the Philippines, Thailand, Brazil and the
US. Closer to home, he was responsible for exploration and development of the
Windy Craggy massive sulphide deposit in BC which included liaison with the
provincial government at Cabinet level.
More recently, as Assistant Deputy Minister, Mines and Minerals, Government of
Ontario, Dr. Gammon acted as a senior advisor on all mining issues to five
successive provincial governments as well as having program responsibility for
the Ontario Geological Survey, mineral land tenure administration,
environmental regulation of mining, mine site reclamation, mineral policy and
investment attraction activities. Dr. Gammon's leadership is directly credited
with maintaining a vibrant exploration and mining industry in Ontario through
the very difficult times for the industry in the late 1980s and the 90s. A
significant amount of time was also spent working with Ontario's Far North
aboriginal communities on mining and land claim issues.
Dr. Gammon is founder and Co-Chair of the World Mines Ministries Forums based
in Toronto and was successful in establishing the "Centre for Excellence in
Mining Innovation" at Laurentian University which initially raised over $20
million for research in geosciences, deep mining, telerobotics and the
environment. Dr. Gammon, who holds undergraduate and Ph.D. degrees in geology,
also serves on several other boards of directors.
Dr. Gammon's depth of knowledge and experience in mineral exploration,
government policy, environmental and social issues will also be a great asset
to the Board of First Point Minerals. His appointment is subject to regulatory
approvals.
The Board of Directors has approved the granting of 150,000 stock options to
Dr. Gammon pursuant to the Company's incentive stock option plan. The options
are effective January 2, 2008, have an exercise price of $0.15 per share and
expire January 2, 2013.
Dr. Bradshaw also announced that Mr. Patrick Mars has stepped down from the
Board of First Point after 7 years of service, to focus on other
responsibilities. On behalf of the Board, Dr. Bradshaw expressed his most
sincere thanks to Mr. Mars for his excellent advice and support over the
years.
First Point is a Canadian precious and base metal exploration company focused
on the Americas.
FIRST POINT MINERALS CORP.
Peter M.D. Bradshaw, President
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