Focus Metals Inc.: New Board of Director's Appointment
02 Febrero 2012 - 9:19AM
Marketwired
Focus Metals Inc. ("Focus" or "the Company") (TSX
VENTURE:FMS)(OTCQX:FCSMF)(FRANKFURT:FKC) is pleased to announce the
appointment of Mr. Marc-Andre Bernier, M.Sc., P.Geo. to the Board
of Directors of the Company effective immediately.
"I am delighted that Marc-Andre will be joining our leadership
team at Focus, where I am confident he will make a valuable
contribution to the next phase of our Company's growth and
development strategy," stated Mr. Gary Economo, President and CEO.
"Marc-Andre brings to the Board a wealth of experience in applied
geoscientific research and mineral exploration project management;
a strong background in providing geoscientific advisory services to
industry and governments; as well as a dynamic approach to
addressing sustainable mineral development issues relating to
mining, including partnerships with First Nations communities and
the Inuit. I am very pleased we have been able to attract someone
of Marc-Andre's caliber to the Board."
Mr. Bernier is a geoscientist with 27 years of applied
geoscientific research and project management experience relating
to mineral exploration, both nationally and internationally. He is
currently employed as senior geoscientist for the Chibougamau-based
Table Jamesienne de Concertation Miniere (TJCM) and its applied
research division, the Centre d'Etude Applique du Quaternaire
(CEAQ). From 2009 to 2011, on behalf of the TJCM, Mr. Bernier acted
as senior mining industry adviser to Makivik Corp., the
organization mandated to protect the economic rights and interests
of the Inuit of Nunavik. Since November 2010, Mr. Bernier has been
acting as senior technical adviser to Focus notably on the Lac
Knife graphite project, the Kwyjibo polymetallic project and for
the review of new business development opportunities.
Mr. Bernier is a director of Majescor Resources Inc. (TSX-V:
MJX) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Simact Alliance Copper-Gold
Inc.; the Societe Miniere du Nord-Est (SOMINE SA) a
Haitian-registered mining company. He is a registered Geoscientist
(P.Geo) and practicing member of the Ordre des geologues du Quebec
(OGQ) and the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario
(APGO); a registered member of the Canadian Institute of Mining and
Metallurgy (CIMM); and he holds a Bachelor of Science Honours
degree in Geology from the University of Ottawa as well as a Master
of Science in Geological Sciences from McGill University in
Montreal.
About Focus Metals Inc.
Focus Metals Inc. is an emerging mid-tier junior mining company,
a technology solutions supplier and a business innovator. It is the
owner of the highest-grade (16%) technology graphite resource in
the world. The company's goal is to assume a dominant industry
leadership position by becoming the lowest-cost producer of
technology-grade graphite. As a technology-oriented enterprise with
a view to building long-term, sustainable shareholder value, Focus
Metals is invested in the development of graphene applications and
patents through Grafoid Inc.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
Contacts: Gary Economo President and Chief Executive Officer
613-691-1091 ext. 101
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