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GoldQuest Appoints William Fisher To Its Board Of Directors
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VANCOUVER, B.C., JULY 5, 2010 - GoldQuest Mining Corp. ("GoldQuest" or
the "Company") is pleased to announce that William Fisher has been
appointed to its Board of Directors.
Following the Annual General Meeting the Company completed its
realignment of the board, a process which began in the period leading
up to the AGM. At the AGM, incumbent directors Roger Davey, Anthony
Warrender, Anna Stylianides and Neil MacDonald were re-elected to the
board, together with new director Stephen Orr. Following the AGM, Mr.
MacDonald tendered his resignation as Chairman and director of the
Company and Mr. Bill Fisher was appointed to the board to fill the
vacancy created by Mr. MacDonald's resignation.
Bill Fisher graduated as a geologist in 1979 and has extensive industry
experience which has included a number of residential posts in Africa,
Australia, Europe and Canada in both exploration and mining positions.
Under his leadership, Karmin Exploration discovered the Aripuan� base
metal massive sulphide deposits in Brazil. From 1997 to 2001 Bill was
Vice President, Exploration for Boliden AB, a major European mining and
smelting company where he was responsible for thirty five projects in
nine countries. From 2001 to 2008 Bill led GlobeStar Mining Corp. from
an exploration company to an emerging base metal producer in the
Dominican Republic which developed and operates the Cerro de Maimon
mine. Bill was also Chairman of Aurelian Resources which was acquired
by Kinross in 2008 for $1.2 Billion after the discovery of the Fruta
del Norte gold deposit in Ecuador. Bill currently serves as an
independent director of PC Gold (TSX: PKL), RX exploration (RXE.CNQ)
and Treasury Metals (TSX: TML).
Alistair Waddell, the President & CEO, commented, "We are delighted to
welcome Bill to the board and we are looking forward to working with
him to advance the Company's projects in the Dominican Republic and
Spain. Bill has tremendous experience in the Dominican Republic and
Europe which will be very beneficial for GoldQuest going forward. We
are extremely grateful for Neil MacDonald's past contributions to the
Company as Chairman and Director and wish him well with his other
business endeavours. The composition of the board provides the Company
with a broad range of corporate experience and technical and
operational expertise in the mining industry."
The Board of Directors now comprises of Roger Davey, William Fisher,
Steven Orr, Anna Stylianides and Anthony Warrender.
The Company would also like to announce that on July 15, 2010 Anna
Stylianides will be appointed as interim President & CEO while a
replacement is found for Alistair Waddell following his previously
announced resignation (Press Release of June 2, 2010). Anna
Stylianides commented, "We would like to thank Alistair for his
contribution and service to GoldQuest as CEO and Director and we wish
him well in his future career."
About GoldQuest
GoldQuest is a Vancouver based company with a portfolio of 100% owned
exploration projects in the Dominican Republic and Spain. GoldQuest is
traded on the TSX-V under the symbol GQC.V and in Frankfurt / Berlin
with symbol M1W.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
Alistair H. Waddell
President & Chief Executive Officer
For further information please contact:
Dan Maarsman
Investor Relations -- Vancouver, Canada
Tel: +1-604-632 4333
www.goldquestcorp.com
investorrelations@goldquestcorp.com
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider
(as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange)
accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news
release.
Forward-looking statements:
This news release contains certain statements that may be deemed
"forward-looking statements". All statements in this release, other
than statements of historical fact, that address events or developments
that GoldQuest expects to occur, are forward looking statements.
Forward looking statements are statements that are not historical facts
and are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects",
"plans", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "projects",
"potential" and similar expressions, or that events or conditions
"will", "would", "may", "could" or "should" occur. Although GoldQuest
believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements
are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees
of future performance and actual results may differ materially from
those in forward looking statements. Factors that could cause the
actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking
statements include market prices, exploitation and exploration success,
continued availability of capital and financing and general economic,
market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such
statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results
or developments may differ materially from those projected in the
forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements are based on
the beliefs, estimates and opinions of GoldQuest's management on the
date the statements are made. GoldQuest undertakes no obligation to
update these forward-looking statements in the event that management's
beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change, except
as required by law.
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Copyright (c) 2010 GOLDQUEST MINING CORP. (GQC) All rights reserved.
For more information visit our website at http://www.goldquestcorp.com/
or send mailto:investorrelations@goldquestcorp.com
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Goldquest Mining Corp.
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EXPLORATION STAGE |
CODE : GQC.V |
ISIN : CA38144C1005 |
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Goldquest Mining is a gold exploration company based in Canada. Goldquest Mining holds various exploration projects in Dominican Republic. Its main exploration properties are CERRO DORADO, PIEDRA IMÁN, JENGIBRE, LOS COMIOS, LAS TRES PALMAS / SAN JUAN, EL TORO, LOMA VIEJO PEDRO, SANTA ANA, LAS ANIMAS and LA ESCALANDOSA in Dominican Republic and TORAL in Spain. Goldquest Mining is listed in Canada and in Germany. Its market capitalisation is CA$ 55.0 millions as of today (US$ 40.4 millions, € 36.3 millions). Its stock quote reached its lowest recent point on May 18, 2012 at CA$ 0.04, and its highest recent level on August 24, 2012 at CA$ 2.03. Goldquest Mining has 215 730 000 shares outstanding. |