DGAP-News: Champion Minerals Inc.: Champion Minerals Appoints Jean Depatie as Director to the Board
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Champion Minerals Inc.: Champion Minerals Appoints Jean Depatie as
Director to the Board
21.06.2011 / 13:30
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For Immediate Release:
Champion Minerals Appoints Jean Depatie as Director to the Board
TORONTO, Canada - June 21, 2011 - Champion Minerals Inc. (TSX: CHM) (FSE:
P02) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Jean Depatie as
independent director to the board, effective immediately.
Mr. Depatie brings over 35 years of national and international experience
in economic geology to Champion Minerals Inc. He has worked in several
countries and acted, directly or indirectly, as consultant for
organizations such as, the United Nations, the World Bank, the Asian
Development Bank, the Commonwealth Agency and the Quebec Ministry of
Natural Resources. In addition to being a past director of Glamis Gold Ltd.
(now Goldcorp) and Novicourt Inc. (now Xstrata), Mr. Depatie was
instrumental in the development of Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines Limited
('Consolidated Thompson') through his six year tenure as a director until
its recent acquisition by Cliffs Natural Resources. At Consolidated
Thompson, Mr. Depatie served as Chair of the Compensation Committee and sat
on both the Audit and Corporate Responsibility Committees.
Mr. Depatie has also served as president and/or director to a number of
other companies listed on both the U.S. and Canadian exchanges and he is
director of the resources division of Greater China Assets Ltd, a Hong
Kong-based investment holding company.
Mr. Depatie is a former President of the Quebec Professional Association of
Geologists and Geophysicists (1980-81). He was the recipient of an award of
excellence, in 1990, from the Quebec Department of Energy and Resources for
having financed and put into production the most important graphite mine in
North America.
'We are excited to welcome Jean to the board of directors,' commented
Thomas Larsen, president and chief executive officer of Champion Minerals
Inc. 'Jean's breadth and depth of experience in the iron ore market will be
valuable to our team as we move the Fermont Projects through development to
feasibility study level in 2012.'
About Champion Minerals Inc.
Champion Minerals Inc. is a Canadian-based iron ore exploration and
development company with properties located in the heart of Canada's
premier iron ore mining district, the Labrador Trough. Champion Minerals is
one of the largest landholders of highly prospective iron ore properties
located southwest of Fermont, Quebec and northeast of Schefferville. The
Company's core projects include Fire Lake North, Bellechasse and
Harvey-Tuttle. The Fermont area is located close to water, power, roads and
railways, and connects to three ports on Quebec's north shore of the St.
Lawrence Seaway. Champion Minerals' shares are traded on the Toronto Stock
Exchange under the symbol CHM.
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For further information please contact:
Thomas G. Larsen
President and CEO
Tel: (416) 866-2200; Toll-Free: (877) 448-220
Email: info(at)championminerals.com
Jorge Estepa
Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer
Tel: (416) 866-2200; Toll-Free: (877) 448-2201
Email: info(at)championminerals.com
Salisha Hosein
Director, Investor Relations
Tel: 416-866-2200; Toll-Free: (877) 448-2201
Email: info(at)championminerals.com
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