Sur American Gold Corporation: Philippine Appointments.VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Sur American Gold Corporation (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension VENTURE:SUR) is very pleased to announce the appointment as Exploration Manager-Philippines of Mr. Ian Cooper BSc. (University of London For most practical purposes, ranging from admission of students to negotiating funding from the government, the 19 constituent colleges are treated as individual universities. Within the university federation they are known as Recognised Bodies ), A.R.S.M (Associate of the Royal School of Mines), F.G.S (Fellow of the Geological Society of London The Geological Society of London is a learned society based in the United Kingdom with the aim of "investigating the mineral structure of the Earth". It is the oldest national geological society in the world and the largest in Europe with over 9000 Fellows entitled to the ), M.Aus.I.M.M (Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr. Cooper has extensive mineral exploration experience in Australia and South East Asia and was a key member of the team to originally recognize the potential of the Comval group of gold and copper-gold deposits and is very familiar with the area. He is also very familiar with the Company's T'boli gold-silver project in South Cotabato Province having been a senior member of the geological team which conducted a 7000 metre drilling program in 1996. Mr. Cooper has already commenced his supervision of all geological operations at the Batoto Project to ensure the continuation of the high quality of geological mapping, sampling and core logging being undertaken there. The appointment of Mr. Cooper follows the resignation, for personal and family reasons of Mr. Nigel Maund maund n. A unit of weight varying in different countries of Asia from 11.2 to 37.4 kilograms (24.8 to 82.6 pounds) avoirdupois, the latter being the official maund in India. as Sur's VP Exploration. The Company wishes to acknowledge the outstanding contribution made by Mr Maund during his tenure. CERTIIFICATE OF PRECONDITION The Company is also pleased to announce that its affiliate Philippine Companies have been granted Certificate of Precondition from the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP NCIP National Center to Improve Practice NCIP NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol NCIP Novell Certified Internet Professional NCIP National Commission for Indigenous Peoples (Philippines) NCIP North Carolina-Israel Partnership ) following the previously awarded Memorandum of Free and Prior Informed Consent (FPIC FPIC First Professionals Insurance Company (Jacksonville, FL) FPIC Field Programmable Interconnect FPIC Federal Partnership for Interoperable Communications FPIC Field Programmable Interconnect Chip ) in accordance with the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997. Both the Certificate of Precondition and Free and Prior Informed Consent are essential prerequisites to mining operations in the Philippines. One of the conditions of the agreements is the appointment of a fulltime Community Relations Officer. In this regard we are very pleased to advise that DATU Jesus ("Jessie") Gabunan has been appointed as Head of Community Relations for all the Comval Projects which are located in the Municipality of New Bataan, Compostela Valley New Bataan is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Compostela Valley, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 42,549 people in 8,592 households. Barangays New Bataan is politically subdivided into 14 barangays. Province, Eastern Mindanao. Datu Gabunan's appointment will complement the Company's existing local management team headed by Atty Melanio T. Andresan. Datu Gabunan (54) is a leader of the Mandaya-Mansaka Tribe which holds the certificate of Ancestral Domain Title that covers the Company's mineral areas. He has extensive experience with the local New Bataan peoples including IP's and non IP's and community groups and has 12 years of local government service as Barangay Captain, Councilor coun·cil·or also coun·cil·lor n. A member of a council, as one convened to advise a governor. See Usage Note at council. coun and Vice Mayor of the Municipality. 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. of SUR Mr. J. Rennie Blair said, "That we are delighted with the appointment of Ian Cooper and Datu Gabunan to the SUR team as we begin to accelerate the pace of our exploration programs." This news release was prepared by Mr. Rennie Blair, Company President who is the qualified person as required by National Policy 43-101. Sur American Gold Corporation is a well financed junior exploration Company and trades on the TSX Venture Exchange TSX Venture Exchange Originally called the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX), this was a result of the merger of the Vancouver and Alberta stock exchanges. The goal of TSX Venture Exchange is to provide venture companies with effective access to capital while protecting investors. (Canada) with trading symbol SUR-V. On behalf of the board of directors Alicia Nicholson, Director The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this news release Sur American Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:SUR) |
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