BTU Appoints Mr. Douglas Hunter, M.Sc., P. Geo, to Its Board of Directors

Vancouver, British Columbia (FSCwire) - BTU METALS CORP. (“BTU” or the “Company”) (BTU-TSX:V)  is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Douglas Hunter, M.Sc., P. Geo, to the Board of Directors. He will also act as the Company’s Qualified Person (“QP”) and join the Audit Committee.

Mr. Hunter has worked continuously in mineral exploration and mineral deposit evaluation professionally for the past 40 years. He is an Ontario registered professional geologist (APGO, 2002) and has been a member of the PDAC since 1977.  Doug began his career as a geological assistant with the Ontario Department of Mines and moved into industry in the mid 1970’s. He has exploration management experience with both junior and senior mining companies throughout the world with a focus on gold and base metals.

Doug is a co-founder and was senior officer (vice-president, exploration and director) of two publicly trading companies; Wallbridge Mining Company Limited and Duluth Metals both of which were listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).  Wallbridge was awarded in 2004 the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada E3 award (Environmental Excellence in Mineral Exploration).

Currently, Doug is President of Earthunt Resources Inc. and President of Millbrook Minerals Inc., both private companies which he founded. He is also an independent director of Inventus Mining Corp., a TSXV listed junior mining company focused on exploration and development of a paleoplacer gold deposit near Sudbury in northern Ontario.

Paul Wood, CEO commented “Doug is an extremely experienced professional and we are very pleased to have him join the BTU Board. Doug will be of huge assistance as BTU continues its geophysical and drill target generation program at its Galway project and continues its drill program at its Shakespeare project. Further, BTU is pleased to again strengthen the technical expertise of its Board.” 

The Company also announces that it has granted a total of up to 200,000 stock options to directors and officers of the company, exercisable at a price of $0.12 per share for a period of two years from the date of grant. The options have been granted in accordance with the company's stock option plan.

For more information on BTU Metals Corp. please visit our website located at www.btumetals.com.

About BTU Metals Corp

BTU Metals is a Canadian-based junior exploration company focused on developing its Galway Gold project located in Ireland and the Shakespeare Gold project in Ontario.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

“Paul Wood”

Paul Wood, CEO, Director

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