VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 11, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Evrim Resources Corp. (TSX-V: EVM ) ("Evrim" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointments of Mr. Mahesh Liyanage CA as Chief Financial Officer and Mr. Jeff Geier, as Senior Geologist.
Mr. Liyanage is a Chartered Accountant with over 15 years' experience across a broad range of industries, with the past five years in mineral exploration. Mr. Liyanage was previously Vice President of Finance and Administration of Manex Resource Group, Inc. where he was involved in a number of merger and acquisition transactions, financial reporting, human resource management, and the regulatory affairs of a number of public exploration companies. Mahesh is a Chartered Accountant in Canada and Sri Lanka. He takes over from the Company's current CFO Mrs. Dorothy Miller CGA, who is retiring.
Mr. Geier holds honors B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Arizona State University, specializing in field-based analysis of geology, structure, and geochemistry. The majority of his experience, focused in Mexico, the United States, and southern Europe, has been concentrated on the exploration for porphyry copper and mesothermal gold deposits. His activities range from greenfield and reconnaissance exploration to project management. Jeff will be generating projects in Mexico and elsewhere as well as providing oversight to the Company's exploration projects.
"We welcome the abilities of Mahesh and Jeff to operate in Evrim's dynamic environment that involves several exploration and alliance partners, an active generative exploration initiative, and an eye on fiscal responsibility," commented Paddy Nicol, President and CEO of Evrim. "On behalf of the board and the team at Evrim, I would like to thank Dorothy Miller for her extraordinary work over the past few years and especially her effort in getting Evrim setup for financial reporting, HR administration, and policy and governance frameworks. We wish her the best in her retirement."
About Evrim Resources
Evrim is a mineral exploration company with a diverse portfolio of quality gold and copper projects, and a geological database covering Mexico and portions of southwestern United States. Evrim's business plan is to generate exploration targets that it will advance through option and joint venture agreements with industry partners to create shareholder value. The projects generated to date form a solid foundation for Evrim's execution of the joint venture business model, which will be further enhanced by a pipeline of new internally developed projects.
For further information on Evrim please visit www.evrimresources.com .
On Behalf of the Board
EVRIM RESOURCES CORP.
Paddy Nicol
President & CEO
To find out more about Evrim Resources Corp., please contact Paddy Nicol, President or Rob Duncan, VP Business Development at 604-248-8648.
Forward Looking Information
This news release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward looking statements". All statements in this news release, other than statements of historical facts, that address events or developments that Evrim Resources Corp. (the "Company") expects to occur, are forward looking statements. Forward looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects", "plans", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "projects", "potential" and similar expressions, or that events or conditions "will", "would", "may", "could" or "should" occur.
Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those in the forward looking statements. Factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those in forward looking statements include market prices, exploitation and exploration successes, and continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward looking statements. Forward looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of the Company's management on the date the statements are made. Except as required by securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward looking statements in the event that management's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change.
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Evrim Resources Corp. Paddy Nicol, President or Rob Duncan, VP Business Development 604-248-8648
