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IN DIRECTORS OF WESTERN GEOPOWER
Vancouver, Canada,
May 28, 2009 - Western
GeoPower Corp. (WGP), a renewable energy company, today
announced that Gudmundur F. Sigurjonsson has been appointed a director of the
company.
An Iceland-based professional
engineer, Sigurjonsson has an extensive background in project engineering and
management. His general and international experience in project execution and
project control includes work in Iceland,
Denmark, New
Zealand and the Philippines.
His core competences include cost engineering, feasibility assessments and
business modeling.
Sigurjonsson is the principal of
FnF Limited, a management consulting business. Through FnF, Sigurjonsson is
an advisor to Geysir Green Energy, a global leader in the development of, and
investment in, geothermal power. Through FnF, Sigurjonsson is also the chief
executive of Envent Holding Philippines, a joint venture between Geysir Green
Energy and Reykjavik
Energy Invest. Envent was established to develop renewable energy projects in
the Philippines.
Sigurjonsson graduated from the University
of Iceland with a Bachelor
of Science degree in chemistry and earned his masters of engineering from the
Technical University of Denmark.
He replaces ?sgeir Margeirsson of
Geysir Green Energy, who resigned as a director of Western
GeoPower.
Kenneth MacLeod,
the company's president and CEO, said: "We are grateful for
Margeirsson's contributions in the past, and look forward to working with
Sigurjonsson whose experience and background will be an asset as the
corporation moves forward. This appointment will strengthen the company's
relationship with our largest shareholder Geysir Green Energy and with the
geothermal industry in Iceland."
About Western
GeoPower Corp.
Western GeoPower
Corp. is a renewable energy company dedicated to the development of
geothermal energy projects for the delivery of clean, sustainable, baseload
electricity generation. The Company is developing The Western
GeoPower Unit 1 geothermal power plant at The Geysers
Geothermal Field in Sonoma County, California, United States; the South
Brawley geothermal project in Imperial County, California, United States; and
the South Meager geothermal project in British Columbia, Canada.
On behalf of the
Board of Western GeoPower Corp
"Kenneth
MacLeod"
Kenneth MacLeod,
President & CEO
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