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Montr�al
(Qu�bec), February 28, 2008 - First Gold Exploration Inc. (TSX
Venture Exchange: EFG) ("First Gold") is pleased to announce the nomination of Mr. Denis Simoneau
as Chairman of the Board of the Company.
Mr.
Simoneau has been a Director of First Gold since its inception in the fall of
2006. Mr. Simoneau holds a Bachelor in
geology from St-Fran�ois-Xavier University in Nova
Scotia. He is
past President, CEO of Birim Goldfields inc. from 1995 to 2006 and is now
Executive Chairman as well as Director.
Prior to joining Birim in 1995, Mr. Simoneau was with SOQUEM, acting as
Exploration Manager and Vice-President - Industrial Minerals for 16 years, and
with Falconbridge as Project Geologist for 9 years. Mr. Simoneau is also a Director of Normabec
Mining Resources Ltd.
The Company
has also granted 50,000 stock options to a recently named director, Mr. Patrick
Bradley. Each option entitles the holder
to acquire one (1) common share at a price of $0.20 per share until February 28th,
2010.
"I'm
extremely pleased that Denis has accepted to renew his board seat for First
Gold, his experience will greatly help First Gold in the coming year,
especially for the Croinor project development", comment's Eric Leboeuf,
President.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Corporate Inquiries
Eric
Leboeuf, President & CEO
Telephone:
(514) 234-6488
president@firstgoldexploration.com
Investor Relations
AGORACOM Investor Relations
http://www.agoracom.com/ir/FirstGoldExploration
The
TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
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