ROMARCO APPOINTS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
October 30, 2008
ROMARCO MINERALS INC. (TSXV: R) (�Romarco� or the �Company�) is pleased to announce that it has appointed Mr. James N. Meek, MBA, CPA as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective November 1, 2008.
Mr. Meek brings more than 30 years of accounting and asset management experience within the mining industry. Mr. Meek was recently CFO for Sterling Mining Company, prior thereto he served as Treasurer and Manager of Budget and Forecasting for Coeur d�Alene Mines Corporation where he was responsible for managing a $250 million portfolio of financial assets, managed the commodity hedging program and was responsible for metals sales. Mr. Meek was also a consultant with Summit Assurance where he served as a Sarbanes-Oxley auditor and has held several positions with Asarco Incorporated including Accounting Manager, Chief Accountant and Metallurgical Accountant.
Mr. Meek earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rocky Mountain College (Billings, Montana), a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Idaho and is a licensed CPA in the State of Idaho.
�Mr. Meek brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the areas of finance, budgeting, risk management, compliance and gold sales for operating mining companies which will be extremely important to Romarco as it continues its growth toward development and production�, stated Diane Garrett, President and CEO.
Romarco Minerals Inc. is a gold development company focused on production in the US and Mexico. The Company�s flagship project is the Haile Gold Mine in South Carolina which is currently undergoing exploration drilling, bankable feasibility study and permitting. The Pinos Gold District in Mexico is a high grade epithermal vein district in the advanced exploration stage. The Company also has two gold exploration projects in Nevada.
For further information, please contact Diane Garrett, President and C.E.O. at (830) 624-6249 or Shirene Urton, Executive Assistant at (775) 355-1900.
ON BEHALF OF ROMARCO MINERALS INC.
�Diane R. Garrett� Diane R. Garrett, President and C.E.O.
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