Asia Pacific Potash Corporation Announces Thai Board Appointment.Business Editors BANGKOK, Thailand--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 2004 Asia Pacific Potash Corporation Ltd. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :APQCF) (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :APQ APQ Accordo di Programma Quadro APQ Association des Paraplégiques du Québec APQ Association des Pathologistes du Québec APQ Art Pepper Quartet (jazz group) APQ Armaments Planning Questionnaire APQ Advanced Placement Question ) (FRANKFURT:APQ) (STUTTGART SYMBOL:APQ) has announced the appointment of Mr. Manas Leeviraphan to the position of Executive Chairman with immediate effect. Mr. Leeviraphan has had a distinguished and senior career with the Government of Thailand and, in 2000, was appointed Chairman, State Audit Committee, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Leeviraphan, who has served as Economic and Financial Counsellor, Royal Thai Embassy, Washington, has held a series of progressively responsible roles principally in the Ministry of Finance. He is a member of the State Enterprise Board of Directors, is an Alternate Governor, The World Bank-International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Alternate Governor, The Asia Development Bank. He is also a director of INTELSAT of Washington D.C. Mr Leeviraphan, who resides in Bangkok, holds an Honours Economics Degree from McGill University and an M.A. in Public Finance from the University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. Commonly referred to as UC Berkeley, Berkeley and Cal . "Asia Pacific is honoured that Mr. Leeviraphan has joined the APPC (Advanced Program-to-Program Communications) A high-level protocol from IBM that allows one program to interact with another across the network. It supports client/server and distributed computing by providing a common programming interface on all IBM platforms. Board at this very important point in the development of the Udon u·don n. A thick Japanese noodle made with wheat flour, usually served in soup or broth. [Japanese, wheat noodle.] Potash Project," said John Bovard, APPC President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "We look forward to the benefit of his advice and counsel as this important project moves ahead. As Executive Chairman, his assistance in increasing the Company's interaction with Thai officials will be invaluable." "I'm very pleased that Mr. Pliengsak Prakaspesat, who has served as Honorary Chairman of the Company for more than 10 years will continue in that role," said Mr. Bovard. Mr. Prakaspesat is also Vice Chairman, Foreign Affairs of the Federation of Thai Industry, Vice Chairman of the Thailand Secretariat of the International Chamber of Commerce, and President of the Thai Fertilizer and Agricultural Marketing Association. Asia Pacific Resources holds a 90% beneficial interest in Asia Pacific Potash Corporation (APPC), the company holding the Concession covering the Udon potash deposit. The remaining 10% interest in APPC is held by the government of Thailand. Asia Pacific Resources shares are traded on the TSX as well as the Frankfurt and Stuttgart Stock Exchanges under the symbol APQ and on the OTCBB under the Symbol APQCF. |
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