LIAONING, CHINA, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Orofino Gold
Corp. (ORFG.PK) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr.
Salvador Rivero to the company's
Board of Directors.
Mr. Rivero brings to Orofino a wealth of knowledge in the areas
of business, corporate finance, and mining operations. After
graduating from law school in Mexico, Mr. Rivero spent the next 25 years
developing a thorough understanding of the processes necessary to
successfully discover, acquire, and develop, mineral concessions
with the potential of containing valuable mineral deposits.
Considered by Orofino as an acquisitions specialist, Mr. Rivero has
been involved in the development of various turn-key projects in
mining, energy, fertilizer, oil and gas, and shipping sectors.
Mr. Rivero founded and directed Constructora y Perforadora
Marina, S.A. de C.V., and Kaiser International, S.A. de C.V.,
Ultramar Bancorp Inc., Ultramar Capital Plc. and First Mercantile
Bank Ltd. From 1998-2000, Mr. Rivero was responsible for acquiring,
developing, and putting into production a silver mine in
Sinaloa for Real de Panuco, S.A. de C.V.
He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the
Canadian mining company Golden Temple Mining and the Mexican mining
company Minas Kaiser, S.A. de C.V. Until recently, Mr. Rivero acted
as the President and served as a Director of Oroco Resource Corp, a
mining corporation trading on the TXS-V. During that time, Mr.
Rivero was responsible for the successful acquisition of Oroco's
mining properties in Mexico.
At Orofino, Mr. Rivero, a Spanish-speaking executive, will
assist in overseeing the acquisition of new properties. In
addition, Mr. Rivero will utilize his extensive international
experience in development and selection of partners for the
progression toward large-scale production. Mr. Rivero will play a
key role in the development of the properties in Orofino's current
Senderos de Oro gold camp in the mining area of central Sur de
Bolivar, a project area comprised of more than 3000 hectares of
mineral concessions in Colombia's
highest producing artisanal mining region.
Orofino Gold is a China based
gold producer, founded as a private company in 2009 by former
executives with over 50 cumulative years in mining exploration,
finance, and development expertise. Orofino's corporate objective
is to continue to build shareholder value through the exploration
and development of Senderos de Oro and additional accretive
acquisitions, capitalizing on the extensive experience and
relationships that management has developed over the past 25
years.
Forward-Looking Statements:
The statements by our officers, and other statements
regarding optimism related to the business, expanding exploration
and development activities and other statements in this press
release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based
on current expectations, estimates and projections about the
Company's business. Words such as expects, anticipates, intends,
plans, believes, sees, estimates and variations of such words and
similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking
statements. These statements are not guarantees of future
performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties that are
difficult to predict. Actual results could vary materially from the
description contained herein due to many risk factors that affect
the industry the Company operates in and other risk factors listed
from time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) filings under "risk factors" and elsewhere. The
forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak
only as of the date on which they are made, and the Company does
not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking
statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this
press release.
SOURCE Orofino Gold Corp.
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