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Int'l Wayside appoints Hurst to board International Wayside Gold Mines Ltd IWA Shares issued 37,963,497 May 10 close $2.04 Wed 7 Jun 2000 News Release Douglas J. Hurst was appointed to the company's board of directors. Mr. Hurst graduated in 1986 with a BSc in Geology from McMaster University. After working as a contract geologist, Mr. Hurst joined McDermid St. Lawrence Limited as a mining analyst in 1987, and remained in that position until May, 1994. From May, 1994 to October, 1995, Mr. Hurst was a mining analyst with Sprott Securities Limited. In 1995, Mr. Hurst founded D.S. Hurst Inc., a consulting company providing research analysis and related corporate services to the mining and investment industry. The board of directors of the company now comprises Richard C. Atkinson, BA, BSc, PEng, chairman of the board, J. Frank Callaghan, president and chief executive officer, H.K.(Ken) Maddison, FCA, chief financial officer and Douglas J. Hurst, BSc. Mr. Maddison was in public practice as a chartered accountant for 31 years, retiring from KPMG as a senior partner in 1997. Messrs. Atkinson and Hurst have over 50 years of combined experience in the mining industry worldwide. Claud Blagdon has resigned as a director of the company. The board would like to extend their thanks to Mr. Blagdon on behalf of all shareholders for his contributions as a director. Mr. Blagdon will continue to be associated with the company in the continuing operations at the Cariboo Gold project near Wells, B.C. |
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