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News: 2012
Seafield Announces Appointment of Elina Chow as Vice President of Corporate Development
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 TORONTO, ONTARIO – Seafield Resources Ltd. (“Seafield” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: SFF) is pleased to report the appointment of Elina Chow as Vice President of Corporate Development, effective immediately. She will report to Seafield’s CEO, Cesar Lopez, and will be based in Toronto, Canada.
Elina Chow brings over eight years of marketing and investor relations experience to Seafield and has extensive experience in corporate branding, media relations and event management. She has played an integral part in a number of successful mineral exploration companies. Most recently, she was the Director of Investor Relations at Continental Gold (CNL-T), an advance-stage exploration company with a suite of gold projects in Colombia. Prior to Continental, Ms. Chow was with Auryx Gold Corp. and Colossus Minerals Inc., where she oversaw the closing of capital raising transactions totalling over $300 million and led marketing initiatives to effectively increase awareness of the companies among investment communities. Ms. Chow has led the development of investor relations strategies for companies with market capitalizations ranging from $48 million to $1 billion.
Seafield’s President and CEO, Cesar Lopez, stated: “We are extremely happy to have Elina join Seafield. The calibre of her experience and work ethic precisely fits the needs of Seafield at its current stage of development, and we look forward to increasing our analyst following, investor base and market recognition under her direction.”
As part of the compensation package, Seafield Resources Ltd. will issue Ms. Chow 200,000 incentive stock options to be granted pursuant to the Company’s stock option plan (the “Option Plan”) and the rules of the TSX Venture Exchange. The options are exercisable at $0.155 for five years in accordance with the Option Plan and will vest in four equal installments every three months commencing on the grant date.