SIRG 8K filed Effective December 1, 2012, Mic

SIRG 8K filed

Effective December 1, 2012, Michel Rowland, Vice President, Exploration, and a member of the Board of directors since April 2011, has assumed the responsibilities of Travis Snider, who resigned, effective November 30, 2012. Mr. Rowland’s employment agreement, previously disclosed by the Company on Form 8-K filed February 28, 2012, is amended to reflect this new effective date.

Mr. Rowland has a combined 50 years experience as a Geologist and mining operations. He also consults with major mining concerns throughout the world. Mr. Rowland received his first degree in Geology from Paris University in 1960 and his Masters degree in Geology in 1961 from Dijon University, in France. In 1973 he received a geology Engineer degree from the Escuela Politecnica Nacional in Ecuador. He is a member in good standing of the Société Géologique de France; The College of Geology Engineers in mining and Petroleum of Ecuador; the Cámara de Minería Nacional del Ecuador and the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), Member No: 225364. Mr. Rowland is, also, a Qualified Person (Q.P.) for the form 43-101F1.

Mr. Rowland brings his fluency in Spanish, French and English and half-century of expertise developed from his positions as a senior geologist with major mining companies throughout South America. Most recently Mr. Rowland was project manager for the only sanctioned operating mining company in Ecuador. Mr. Rowland’s last consulting job included writing a 43-101 for an exploration company in the rough terrains of Colombian mountains in relation with a V.M.S. copper deposit in Northern Antioquia.