GEOVIC MINING ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF JOHN T. PERRY AS DIRECTOR
June 15, 2009 - Denver, CO - Geovic Mining Corp. ("Geovic" or "the Company", TSX: GMC, OTC.BB:GVCM), is pleased to announce the appointment of John T. Perry to the Board of Directors, expanding it to eight members.
Mr. Perry, currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Nord Resources Corporation (TSX: NRD, OTC.BB: NRDS), an Arizona-based copper mining company, has 20 years of mining industry experience, focused principally on the management, finance, and transactional aspects of the business.
Prior to joining Nord in 2005, he spent seven years with BHP Billiton, where he worked in various senior management positions including President, BHP Copper, and Vice President, BHP Billiton Base Metals, and four years as Finance Manager with Magma Copper.
Wade Nesmith, Chairman of Geovic Mining, comments "We welcome John to the Board of Directors. His extensive experience in mining management and finance provide an excellent complement to the current members. I have worked successfully with John in the past, and look forward to the contributions he will undoubtedly bring to future Geovic endeavours." Geovic Background
Geovic is a U.S.-based corporation whose principal asset is a significant cobalt-nickel-manganese deposit in the Republic of Cameroon. Additionally, the company controls a diverse portfolio of energy, precious metals, base metals, and uranium projects in the United States, operated through its wholly-owned subsidiary Geovic Energy ( www.geovicenergy.com).
Additional Company and project information may be found on the websites www.sedar.com and www.sec.gov. For more information, please go to www.geovic.net or contact:
Andrew C. Hoffman, CFA VP, Investor Relations Geovic Mining Corp. Direct (720) 350-4130 Toll-Free (888) 350-4130 ahoffman@geovic.net
Vanguard Shareholder Solutions Direct (604) 608-0824 Toll-Free (866) 801-0779 ir@vanguardsolutions.ca
Torrey Hills Capital Direct (858) 456-7300 info@torreyhillscapital.com
On behalf of the Board John E. Sherborne, CEO and Director
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Statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation) that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the future price of metals; the estimation of mineral reserves and resources; the timing and amount of estimated future production, costs of production, and capital expenditures; costs and timing of the development of new deposits; and success of exploration activities, permitting time lines, currency fluctuations, requirements for additional capital, government regulation of mining operations, environmental risks, unanticipated reclamation expenses, title disputes or claims and limitations on insurance coverage. In certain cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "proposes", "expects", "is expected", "scheduled", "estimated", "intends", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "will" occur. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risks and other factors include, among others, risks related to operations; actual results of current exploration activities; conclusions of economic evaluations; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; future prices of metals; possible variations in ore reserves, grades, or recovery rates; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; accidents, labour disputes, other risks of the mining industry, delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities and other factors as described in detail in the Company's Annual Information Form and Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Canadian securities regulatory authorities. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date hereof. The Company does not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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