U.S. 20-F Registration: 000-51411 Frankfurt Stock Exchange: EML EMGOLD ANNOUNCES CHANGE IN DIRECTORS
EMGOLD MINING CORPORATION
Suite 1010 – 789 West Pender Street Vancouver, B.C. V6H 1H2 www.emgold.com
August 21, 2013 TSX Venture Exchange: EMR OTCQB: EGMCF U.S. 20-F Registration: 000-51411 Frankfurt Stock Exchange: EML
EMGOLD ANNOUNCES CHANGE IN DIRECTORS
Emgold Mining Corporation (EMR: TSX-V) ("Emgold" or the "Company") announces that Mr. Sargent Berner has resigned as a Director of the Company for personal reasons. Management would like to thank Mr. Berner for his work and long time support of the Company over the years, including his role as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Emgold is pleased to announce the appointment of Allen Leschert as a Director. Allen is a senior member of the securities bar in Vancouver B.C. with over 25 years of experience with public mining and exploration companies. He has pioneered a number of unique public company financing and transaction structures and has handled numerous public mining transactions, listings, joint ventures, financings, corporate takeovers, mergers and acquisitions in Canada and internationally. He is President of Armex Mining Corp. (a private B.C. based company) and is CEO and Chairman of the Board of Northaven Resources Corp. (a public B.C. based company). He holds and LLB from the University of Victoria and a B.Com (with distinction) from the University of Alberta.
About Emgold Mining Corporation
Emgold is a junior gold exploration and project development company that has several exploration properties located in the western U.S. and Canada. These include the Buckskin Rawhide East and West and Koegel Rawhide gold properties in Nevada, and the Stewart and Rozan poly-metallic properties in British Columbia.
On behalf of the Board of Directors David G. Watkinson, P.Eng.
President & CEO
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Tel: 778-375-3106 Email: [email protected]
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