High River Gold Announces Change to the Board of Directors
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TORONTO, ONTARIO, Oct 08 (MARKET WIRE) --
High River Gold Mines Ltd. ("High River" or the "Company") (TSX: HRG) is
pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Matthews to the board of
directors. Mr. Matthews is a lawyer and consultant with thirteen years of
experience advising senior management. Mr. Matthews previously held
senior positions at BMO Financial Group and Sun Life Financial Canada.
High River announces the resignation of Steven Poad as a Director of the
Company effective October 7, 2009 due to the demands of his other
business interests. Mr. Poad joined the board of directors in April 2009.
Management and the board of directors of High River thank Mr. Poad for
his service as a director.
About High River
High River is unhedged gold company with interests in producing mines and
advanced exploration projects in Russia and Burkina Faso. Two producing
mines, Zun-Holba and Irokinda, are situated in the Lake Baikal region of
Russia. Two new open pit gold mines, Berezitovy in Russia and
Taparko-Bouroum in Burkina Faso, are also in production. Finally, High
River has two advanced exploration projects with NI 43-101 compliant
resource estimates, the Bissa gold project in Burkina Faso and 50%
interest in the Prognoz silver project in Russia.
Contacts:
High River Gold Mines Ltd.
Igor Klimanov
Manager, Business Development
011 7 495 981 0910 ext. 6678
info@hrg.ca
www.hrg.ca
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