Corriente Appoints New Member to Board of Directors.VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Corriente Resources Inc. (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :CTQ CTQ Centre de Toxicologie du Québec CTQ Critical To Quality CTQ Cysteine Tryptophylquinone CTQ Confined to Quarters ) announces the appointment of David Unruh to its Board of Directors. Mr. Unruh is a Director of Westcoast Energy Inc. and Union Gas Limited, both Duke Energy companies. Mr. Unruh is also a director of Export Development Canada Export Development Canada (EDC) is Canada's export credit agency and a Crown corporation that provides financing and risk management services to Canadian exporters and investors in up to 200 markets worldwide. , Ontario Power Generation Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is a public company whose shares are wholly owned by the Government of Ontario. It is responsible for approximately 70% of the electricity generation in the province of Ontario, Canada [1]. Inc., Pacific Northern Gas Ltd., RAV Project Management Ltd., The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, The Wawanesa Life Insurance Company and The Wawanesa General Insurance Company and is a member of the Manitoba Bar Association and the Canadian Bar Association The Canadian Bar Association is the Canadian voluntary bar association organization formed in 1896 representing the interests of 38,000 lawyers, judges, notaries, law teachers, and law students from across Canada involved in the legal system. . Mr. Unruh joined Westcoast Energy Inc. as Senior Vice President, Law and Corporate Secretary in 1993 and continued in that role until March 14, 2002. From March 15, 2002 until his retirement on April 1, 2003, he was Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Duke Energy Gas Transmission's North American operations following which from April 1, 2003 to June 30, 2005 he became a non-executive Vice Chair of both Westcoast Energy Inc. and Union Gas Limited. Prior to his move to British Columbia to join Westcoast Energy, Mr. Unruh practiced business law in Winnipeg, Manitoba most recently as a partner of Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson, Barristers and Solicitors. "We welcome Mr. Unruh to our Board of Directors. His proven business experience in financing, strategic planning, implementation, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance at such a senior level will be helpful to the company as we develop our pipeline of copper assets within the Corriente Copper Belt," commented Corriente 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. Kenneth Shannon. Corriente Resoures Inc. is a Canadian-based copper and copper-gold development and exploration company with interests in mining properties in Ecuador. Corriente controls a 100% interest in over 50,000 hectares located within the Corriente Copper Belt. The belt currently contains three copper and copper-gold porphyry deposits - Mirador, Panantza and San Carlos. Kenneth R. Shannon, P. Geo., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer The Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. has neither approved nor disapproved of the information contained herein. Corriente Resources Inc. (TSX:CTQ) |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion