Mercator Minerals Announces....Mercator Minerals Announces Changes to the Board of Directors
Last Update: 4/26/2011 8:15:00 AM
VANCOUVER, Apr 26, 2011 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- Mercator Minerals Ltd. ("Mercator" or the "Company") (ML) announces the appointment of Mr. John H. Bowles, FCA, FCIM, to the Board of Directors of the Company and the resignation of Michael D. Lindeman as a director of the Company, effective April 25, 2011.
Mr. Bowles was a Partner in the Audit and Assurance Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (an accounting firm), where his practice focused on the mining industry, from April 1976 until his retirement in June 2006. Mr. Bowles has served as Treasurer, Mining Suppliers Association of British Columbia (an association of providers of equipment, products and related services to the British Columbia mining industry) since May 1999; and Director Emeritus, Ducks Unlimited Canada (a national, private, non-profit wetland conservation organization) since March 1996. He has also served as a Director of HudBay Minerals Inc. (a zinc, copper, gold and silver mining company), and is currently a director Boss Power Corp. (a mineral exploration company) and Hecla Mining Company (a silver mining company). Mr. Bowles was appointed a Fellow of the British Columbia Institute of Chartered Accountants in December 1997 and appointed a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Petroleum in May 2003.
Mike Surratt, President and CEO of Mercator stated, "The Board of Directors and I appreciate the contributions Mike Lindeman has made during the years, from the start up of the Company, through the planning, construction and operation of the Mineral Park Mine. Mike Lindeman has faithfully served the Company as a director and officer since 1991, and has been a tremendous asset, and on behalf of the Board of Directors, I thank him for his outstanding service and contributions to Mercator over the years."
Mr. Surratt continued, "I am also pleased to welcome John to the Board. His experience in the mining industry and the accounting sector will further enhance the Company's Board of Directors as we complete the expansion at Mineral Park, develop and commence construction of the El Pilar copper project and complete the acquisition of Creston Moly Corp."
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