[b]$BOPT[/b] GREAT FALLS, Mont., [b][color=blue]Mar 25, 2013[/color][/b] (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Headline of release should read: Eco-Trade Corp. Announces Addition of Chris Popoff and Robert M. Price to Board of Directors (sted Eco-Trade Corp. Announces Addition of Chris Popoff and David M. Price to Board of Directors)
The corrected release reads:
ECO-TRADE CORP. ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF CHRIS POPOFF AND ROBERT M. PRICE TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Eco-Trade Corp. (OTCQB: BOPT), an independent oil and gas exploration Company, announced today that Mr. Chris Popoff, P. Eng., MBA and Mr. Robert M. Price have been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors.
Mr. Popoff is the Co-Founder of Penumbra Energy, whose mission is to provide safe, secure and reliable electricity for the Alberta power market as well electricity, steam and hydrogen for Alberta oil sands operators. Penumbra Energy's focus is on utilizing MSR technology as the best fit to accomplish that mission.
Chris Popoff is currently employed as a senior development engineer with Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. He is also heavily involved with the planning and execution of water source and disposal strategies for multiple commercial projects at Athabasca Oil Corp. Mr. Popoff is a principle founder in Vitruvian Acquisitions Ltd, which is a private capital firm that seeks to assist business owners of well established SMEs into retirement through the friendly acquisition of their shares.
Mr. Popoff has a Masters, Business Administration and a B.Sc, Mechanical Engineering from the University of Calgary.
Mr. Robert M. Price is an accomplished Corporate Attorney in Washington DC with 50 years experience in corporate affairs and quite active in the DC Bar. Mr. Price is excited to now be seated along with the full Board and work with them towards the Company's immediate goals.
The Company also announced the resignation of Mr. Lieberman. Concurrently with Mr. Lieberman's resignation, we appointed Canon Bryan as Chief Executive officer of the Company.
The advent of the Alberta Bakken Fairway creates another opportunity for Bakken production outside of the boundaries of the Williston Basin. The Bakken Fairway was first discovered and drilled in Alberta, Canada, but now extends deep into northwest Montana into Lewis & Clark County where it is bordered by the Rocky Mountain Thrust Zone on the west and the Sweetgrass Arch to the west.
Other companies in the general vicinity include Primary Petroleum, Rosetta Resources Inc., Newfield Exploration Company, Stone Energy, Anschutz Exploration Corp., Quicksilver Resources Inc., Fairways Offshore Exploration Inc., Arkanova Energy Corp., FX Energy, Inc. and American Eagle Energy Inc.
About Eco-Trade
Eco-Trade is fully-reporting, independent oil and gas exploration company, that has drilling and production rights on a property in Lewis & Clark County in Montana, near Great Falls totaling over 5,800 acres called the South Bakken Prospect. Please visit www.ecotradecorporation.com
