Wednesday March 3, 7:32 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Legend Resources Inc. Appoints Geological Consultant and Signs Confidentiality Agreement With a Major International Mining Company
VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 1999-- Legend Resources Inc. (OTC BB:LGDR - news; ''the company''), is pleased to announce that Joachim (''Joe'') Griebel has been appointed as a Geological Consultant effective immediately.
Joe Griebel has over 27 years of international experience in exploration for precious and base metals, uranium and industrial minerals, and during this time led and participated in several significant mineral discoveries.
Griebel has worked in many geological and geographic environments including North and South America, Asia and Europe. Most recently he held the position of Senior Vice President of Exploration with Eldorado Gold Corporation. Previously he worked in Brazil as Executive Director of Unamgen Mineralogia e Metalurgia, a subsidiary of mining house Gencor of South Africa. Prior to that, Griebel worked for BP Minerals International where he held senior positions as General Manager of BP Minera Espana, General Manager of Siam Antimony Co. in Thailand, and Exploration Manager of BP Minerals Indonesia.
Griebel is a professional geologist and holds an M. Sc. in Geology and a Ph. D. in Mineralogy from the University of Munich, Germany.
The company is also pleased to announce that a major international mining company recently signed a confidentiality agreement regarding its El Magistral copper/gold/silver property in Sinaloa State, Mexico. The company will carry out a field assessment of the property this month. Joe Griebel, who supervised exploration at El Magistral when Eldorado Gold Corporation owned it, will have technical and operational responsibility for the property.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
(SIGNED) Thomas Breitinger President, Director
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Contact:
Legend Resources Inc.
Corporate Relations, 604/488-1632
Fax: 604/488-1634
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