Patric Barry announces the appointment of Mr. Donald Bénard to the Board of Directors of Tiger International Resources.
Donald Bénard, BSc, PEng, MAusIMM – will serve as a non-executive director and will be a member of the company’s audit committee. He has over 25 years of extensive experience in the global resource industry, catastrophic risk modeling, and operationally at numerous mines including Corona's Jolu & Decade Gold mines, Cogema's Cluff & Baker Lakes Uranium mines, Cameco's Key Lake Uranium mine, all but one of Potash Corp’s mines, and IMCC’s K2 potash mine. At these mines he had principal responsibilities for modeling, reserve & resource calculations, reconciliation, daily mill grade requirements and estimation, drilling programs, development of satellite mines, surface and underground exploration programs, budgeting, projections and strategic planning. He was Chief Mine Geologist for Claude Resources, bringing the Seabee Gold Mine Project into production with 4 years of reserves (the longest running and most prolific gold mine in Saskatchewan). He has many years of project & mine evaluation experience particularly in China, Canada, USA, Mexico, Middle East and Asia Pacific region, and his expertise and experience in resource industry regulatory and compliance disciplines also includes commodities including Magnetite, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Phosphate, Bauxite and Industrial minerals including Kaolin and Magnesite. Don’s recent past consulting and management appointments include: Chief Geologist, Morningstar Gold Ltd (Australia) February, Mineral Resource Manager - Precious Metals SBU for Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) (Saudi Arabia) for two years to March 2014, and Geology Director for the Bissa Gold mine for Nord Gold N.V. (Burkina Faso).
Mr. Bénard is a Canadian and speaks fluent English and French, as well as limited Tagalo, the Philippine common dialect, and we are pleased that he has accepted our invitation to join Tiger International.
ABOUT TIGER INTERNATIONAL
Tiger International is a Canadian resource exploration and development company and is the holder of The Itogon Gold and Silver project, located in an established gold mining district known as the Baguio Gold Belt on the island of Luzon in the north of the Philippines, and benefits from an extensive historical dataset. The Itogon Project is 100% licensed by Tiger from the Philippine government, and is subject to an Agreement with ECR Minerals PLC of London, UK whereby ECR may earn up to a 50% interest by exploring the property and obtaining a mining license.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Patric Barry, President, Tiger International Resources, at (949) 362.1600 or by email to
26981@att.net