VANCOUVER, May 8, 2013 /CNW/ - PURE Energy Minerals Inc. (``PURE
Energy`` or ``TSXV.PE``), is pleased to announced the appointment of
Mr. Michael Liddle as the newest member of its Board of Directors. As a
proven veteran of the North American technology industry, Mr. Liddle
brings a 30 year executive portfolio to the PURE Energy board.
Executive management experience includes all aspects of; research,
development and commercialization, as well as public company management
and operations and venture capital corporate finance. Mr. Liddle's past
successes within both consumer, and commercial markets span across a
broad spectrum of innovation based sectors, from; energy storage
innovations and wireless semi-conductors, to set-top boxes, internet
service providers and web based construction companies.
Currently, Mr. Liddle is the President and CEO of Pathion, Inc., an
advanced energy storage technology company based in Los Gatos,
California USA. Mr. Liddle is also a founding member and Managing
Director of Evergreen Transaction Partners, LLC ("Evergreen"), an
advisory firm that provides venture capital fund-raising and strategic
partnership services to emerging innovation companies and development
projects. Leveraging over 10 years of success as a Managing Partner of
Emerging Technology Partners, Mr. Liddle has advised and raised capital
for more than 120 early stage technology companies, the majority of
which has completed either a successful public offering, or a
profitable sale.
Prior to co-founding Evergreen, Mr. Liddle was CEO of Home Director,
Inc., a public company, which was a leader in the structured wiring and
technology markets for new home construction. In operation for more
than 12 years, Home Director, Inc., customers included many of the top
home builders and property developers in the United States. Mr. Liddle
has also held a Series 7 license as a managing partner of a boutique
investment bank, and a degree in Economics from the prestigious
University of California.
"I would like to welcome Mr. Liddle to the Board of Pure Energy
Minerals. With past successes in both private and public markets, a
strong network in the Venture Capital and Private Equity Market
Industry in the Bay Area financial community, and experience in the
energy storage sector, Mr. Liddle will be a valuable asset for the PURE
Energy team, moving forward. Mike's addition to the PURE Energy board
is an important step in the transition of The Company into a hybrid
lithium mineral processing technologies and resource exploration
Company" commented, Jason Dussault, Pure Energy Chief Executive
Officer.
Pure Energy Minerals Limited
On behalf of the Board
Jason Dussault
Chief Executive Officer
About Pathion Inc.
Pathion, Inc. is an energy storage innovation company headquartered in
Los Gatos, CA, specializing in the development and commercialization of
their "Advanced Energy Cell" (ACE) technologies. ACE consists of a set
of unique power storage innovations for improving the energy density,
output, longevity, thermal threshold and stability of traditional
lithium batteries. The ACE technology project was designed as an
industrial replacement for traditional and portable and stationary
energy devices and power sources. Pathion, Inc. has acquired the rights
to certain advanced materials developed in the process of research and
development for the ACE project at the esteemed Los Alamos National
Laboratory under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement.
Under the terms of the License Agreement, the Company has joint
ownership of the underlying research and the exclusive rights for the
commercial development, manufacture, use and sale of the technology,
and advanced materials therein. Pathion is thus uniquely positioned to
provide critical power technology for a broad array of devices that
fundamentally change the way they operate and their cost of operation.
About Pure Energy
Pure Energy Minerals Ltd. (V.PE) is an innovative hybrid lithium
exploration and technology development company based in Vancouver,
British Columbia. PURE is currently engaged in the acquisition of
innovative and advanced lithium mineral processing technologies to
develop in conjunction with prospective lithium mineral properties.
Currently, Pure Energy is focused on advancing their flagship lithium
mining project, the Alkali Flats Project in the prolific mining
district of Esmeralda County Nevada. The project represents an
approximately 7000acre claim block in proximity to the only U.S. based
lithium brine production plant, the Silver Peak plant operated by
Rockwood Lithium, Inc. which has been in production since 1967.
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