Orosur Mining Inc. Announces
Appointment of Non Executive Director
Orosur Mining Inc. (�Orosur�
or the "Company")
(TSX: OMI) (LSE: OMI) announced today the appointment of Dr. Eric Roth as Non Executive Director of the Company.
Eric is 46 years
old and is based in Santiago, Chile. He is Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in
Economic Geology and is a Fellow of the AusIMM. Dr Roth was President, CEO and Director at Extorre Gold Mines Ltd prior to their acquisition by Yamana Gold Inc. for US$403.6 million in August 2012.
Before this, he performed advisory services for various clients including
Exeter Resource Corp., Kinross Gold and AngloGold Ashanti Ltd and has worked as
Exploration Manager for Aur Resources Inc. Dr Roth also served as Global Head of Greenfields
Exploration for AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. where he was responsible for their
technical management of, and the provision of strategic direction for their greenfields exploration program.
Tony Shearer,
Chairman, said �I am very pleased to welcome Eric to our board. In getting to
know each other, he has already made a very strong impression. Eric has
significant experience in mining globally and, in particular in South America,
and his experience will prove invaluable to the Board of Orosur.�
The Board of the
Company now comprises: Tony Shearer, as Chairman with Bill Lindqvist
(who stands down at the annual general meeting at the end of November), Roger
Davey, Julio Porteiro and Eric Roth (all independent
non-executive directors), Ignacio Salazar (Chief Financial Officer) and David
Fowler (Chief Executive).
Save as disclosed
in the Appendix below, there is no other information required to be disclosed
under Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.
Appendix
Information provided in accordance with paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 to the AIM
rules:
1. Details of full name and age: Dr. Eric Roth, aged 46
2. Names of all companies and partnerships of which the director has been a
director or partner at any time in the previous five years, indicating whether
or not the director is still a director or partner:
Current
Mariana Resources Ltd.
Former
Extorre Gold Mines Ltd.
ENDS
About Orosur
Mining Inc.
Orosur Mining Inc. is a fully
integrated gold producer and exploration company focused on identifying and
developing gold projects in Latin America. The Company operates the only
producing gold mine in Uruguay (San Gregorio), and has assembled an exploration
portfolio of high quality assets in Uruguay and Chile. The Company is quoted in
Canada (TSX: OMI) and London (AIM: OMI).