Senior
Management Appointments at Seabridge Gold
Toronto, Canada
- Seabridge Gold announced today the appointments of
R. Brent Murphy as Vice President, Environmental Affairs and Roderick Chisholm
as Vice President, Finance.
Mr. Murphy has been leading the environmental permitting strategy for Seabridge's Courageous
Lake and KSM projects since
early 2008. He is a former exploration geologist who holds a M. Sc. Degree in
Geochemistry from Acadia University
located in Nova Scotia.
Mr. Murphy has 25 years of North American industry experience, the last 20
years of which have involved environmental permitting, operational management
and closure of mines. He has extensive Arctic experience and has acted as a
permitting advisor to the Federal and Territorial governments and various
companies including the EKATI Diamond Mine in the Northwest
Territories where he was Chief Environmental Officer. He
is experienced in federal, provincial, and territorial environmental assessment
and review processes and has been involved in the successful permitting of
several North American based projects. Mr. Murphy has developed strong working
relationships with Aboriginal peoples and organizations throughout North
America.
Mr. Chisholm has been an officer of several mineral exploration and
mining companies since 1981 and prior to that he was an Audit Manager with
Deloitte & Touche, Chartered Accountants. His
working experiences have had him responsible for the financial operations of
companies in Canada, U.S.A.,
Mexico, Australia,
West Africa, Sweden,
Finland, Ecuador
and Cuba.
Mr. Chisholm also holds the titles of Chief Financial Officer and Corporate
Secretary with Seabridge. He received his B.A.,
Economics from Wilfred
Laurier University
in 1972 and his Ontario Chartered Accountant designation in 1975.
Seabridge President Rudi Fronk said that "Mr. Murphy's appointment is a
reflection of his success in advancing our two key projects through the
regulatory review process. His promotion is a reflection of his increasing
responsibilities within the company. As our Chief Financial Officer for the past
six years, Mr. Chisholm has won the complete confidence of our Board and
independent auditors for the quality of his work. His appointment as Vice
President reflects the fact that he has taken on increased responsibilities for
the ever changing reporting requirements for public companies."
Seabridge holds a 100% interest in
several North American gold resource projects. The Company's principal assets
are the KSM property located near Stewart, British
Columbia, Canada
and the Courageous Lake
gold project located in Canada's
Northwest Territories.
For a breakdown of Seabridge's mineral resources by
project and resource category please visit the Company's website at http://www.seabridgegold.net/resources.php.
ON
BEHALF OF THE BOARD
"Rudi Fronk"
President & C.E.O.