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Re: News Release - Friday, January 30, 2009
ROCA Team Presented with E.A. Scholz Award
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Vancouver, British Columbia: Roca Mines Inc. (ROK: TSX-V) ("Roca" or
"the Company") announces that its President & CEO, Scott Broughton,
director John Mirko and CFO David Skerlec are the 2008 recipients of
the E.A. Scholz Award in recognition of excellence in mine development
in British Columbia.
The award was presented to the Roca team at the Association for Mineral
Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) awards dinner in Vancouver on
January 28, 2009 "for successfully developing the MAX molybdenum mine
in an environmentally and socially sensitive area. In 2007, the MAX
Mine, south of Revelstoke, was the first new metal mine to open in B.C.
in eight years."
Broughton, Mirko and Skerlec are founding directors of Roca and were
recognized by the Board of Directors of AME BC, "In bringing the MAX
Mine to operation, the Roca team (Broughton, Mirko and Skerlec) was
persistent, open, focused and visionary. The Roca team optioned key
claims and bought remaining ones around the mine during a time when
molybdenum prices were still low. An important step during this
acquisition phase was purchasing the complete data set from past work.
The team quickly determined the spatial occurrence of a higher grade
core on which to focus early mine development. They made wise decisions
including buying and retrofitting an old mill instead of building a new
one and hiring skilled local contractors to get the job done right.
Meanwhile, the Roca team started exploration activity to increase
knowledge and extent of the resource.
Throughout the process they maintained a proactive, open and active
dialogue with the local community that fostered and maintained public
trust. The Roca team made a point of listening to heated public
opinions about developing a mine in sensitive habitat, and candidly
replied to every concern and question regarding the mine. Roca
consistently demonstrated the company's commitment to the local
community by hiring local workers and procuring locally to ensure local
benefits."
On behalf of the shareholders, employees and directors of Roca Mines
Inc., we congratulate the team on this important and well deserved
recognition.
ROCA MINES INC.
"John Baker"
John Baker -- Director
For further information contact:
Investor Relations
Tel: 604-684-2900
Fax: 604-684-2902
Email: info@rocamines.com
Web: www.rocamines.com
The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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Copyright (c) 2009 ROCA MINES INC. (ROK) All rights reserved. For
more information visit our website at http://www.rocamines.com/ or send
mailto:info@rocamines.com
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Roca Mines is a gold and molybdenum exploration company based in Canada. Roca Mines holds various exploration projects in Canada. Its main asset in development is MAX in Canada and its main exploration properties are FOREMORE and SEAGOLD in Canada. Roca Mines is listed in Canada and in United States of America. Its market capitalisation is CA$ 37.6 millions as of today (US$ 27.5 millions, € 25.8 millions). Its stock quote reached its highest recent level on December 31, 2007 at CA$ 3.98, and its lowest recent point on August 24, 2012 at CA$ 0.02. Roca Mines has 123 250 000 shares outstanding. |