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Int'l Wayside names Atkinson as chairman
International Wayside Gold Mines Ltd IWA
Shares issued 37,963,497 May 10 close $2.04
Thu 18 May 2000 News Release
Mr. J. Frank Callaghan reports
Richard C. Atkinson, P.Eng, has been appointed chairman of the board of
directors for the company. The company has also retained Haywood Securities
Inc., of Vancouver, B.C., as the company's financial and corporate
advisers. Nancy Curry has been retained as corporate communications.
Mr. Atkinson, a graduate in mining engineering from the University of
British Columbia in 1965, has had a lengthy career in exploration, project
evaluation, and mine and plant design. He has served public and private
general resource companies in North America and Australia, both as a
consultant and as an executive. He is a member of the Canadian Institute of
Mining and Metallurgy and the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical
and Petroleum Engineers.
The company has engaged Haywood Securities Inc. as corporate adviser to
provide advice to the company regarding disclosure and other strategic
matters. The engagement is for a six-month period. Haywood Securities
founded in 1981 is an independent, full-service, investment dealer with
offices in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto.
Ms. Curry brings over 13 years of market and financial experience to her
role as corporate communications. She has spent the last five years in
corporate communications for Mountain Province Mining Inc. Previous to that
she supervised the Vancouver futures desk and was a VCT (Vancouver
computerized trading) trader for Marleau Lemire Securities Inc.
Ronald Simpson, P.Geo, of Geosim Services Inc., has been retained by the
company and has completed an independent resource calculation on Cow
Mountain. Geosim Services Inc. is retained to plan and supervise the
confirmation work program on Cow Mountain. |
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