Quite the catch for CMD ...
Kenneth Leigh has Agreed to Join Commander Resources Ltd. as President
09:00 EST Thursday, January 22, 2004
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--Commander Resources Ltd. (CMD - TSX Venture) reports that Mr. Kenneth Leigh has agreed to join the Company as President and Director effective February 9, 2004.
Mr. Leigh, who resigned from Teck Cominco Limited earlier this week, started his career as an Exploration Geologist in 1990 with Cominco Ltd. where he was involved in base metal, gold and diamond exploration projects across Canada with primary responsibility for managing the company's exploration efforts in the high Arctic region. Through the mid 1990's, Mr. Leigh developed and managed early stage to advanced exploration projects culminating in the discovery of additional ore reserves for the Polaris Zn-Pb Mine and two significant, but uneconomic base metal deposits. In the late 1990's Mr. Leigh was the Team Leader for a Special Projects Group with Cominco, charged with seeking out new business and project opportunities in Europe, Africa, Asia, South America and Australia. Subsequent to the merger between Teck and Cominco in 2001, Mr. Leigh has focused more on business aspects working in a senior position with the Exploration Business Development Group completing financial evaluations and risk analyses of new advanced resource and business situations globally and providing business development support to the exploration department.
Mr. Leigh holds a B.Sc, Geology, from the University of Toronto and an M.Sc., Geology, from the University of Western Ontario. Throughout his career, Mr. Leigh has built an extensive network of industry contacts, liaised with native groups, government agencies and industry peers and has been involved in property deal and contract negotiations with major and junior resource and service companies.
The Board of Directors has approved a grant of 700,000 stock options to Mr. Leigh under the Company's stock option plan. The options are exercisable for five years at $0.53 per share and are subject to the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange.
William J. Coulter, currently President, has been elected Chairman and Chief Executive Officer effective February 9, 2004.
William J. Coulter, President
Shares Issued: 21,624,063
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Commander Resources Ltd.
William J. Coulter
President
(604) 685-5254 or 1-800-667-7866
(604) 685-2814 (FAX)
Email: info@commanderresources.com
Website: www.commanderresources.com
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