TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Aug. 24, 2015) - Austin Resources Ltd. ("Austin" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:AUT) announces that all matters before the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on August 21, 2015 have been approved. As a result, the Board of Directors of the Company now consists of Zhi Lyu (Chairman), Weimin Fu and Zhigang Xie (who was also appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer). Mr. Lyu has been a director of the Company since September 19, 2014.
Mr. Fu is a professional geologist in Ordre des geologues du Quebec, with over 20 years' experience in mineral exploration and related business development in China and Canada. For the past 10 years, he has worked for several public companies listed on the TSX and the TSX Venture Exchange, including APAC Minerals Inc., Golden China Resources Corp. and Red Dragon Resources Corp.
Mr. Xie is currently the Deputy President of China Nonferrous Metal Guilin Research Institute of Geology for Mineral Resources. Mr. Xie holds a Bachelor degree of Powder Metallurgy, and now is a Ph.D. candidate of Materials Science, and has more than 20 years of experience as a high-level executive in the metallurgy and mining industry.
The Company would like to thank David O'Connor, Li Feng and Tony Wonnacott for their service and wish them the best in their future endeavors.
About Austin Resources Ltd. (formerly Azul Ventures Inc.)
Austin Resources Ltd. is a mineral exploration company with properties located in Chile and Ontario, Canada.
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