Argentum Silver Corp. Announces Changes to the Board of Directors and Officers of the Company
Argentum Silver Corporation Suite 311 - 409 Granville Street Vancouver, BC CANADA V6C 1T2
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ARGENTUM SILVER CORP. ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY
August 8, 2014 – Argentum Silver Corp. (ASL-V) ("Argentum" or the "Company") announces that effective immediately, Mike Petrina and David Bo have resigned from the board of directors of Argentum and Peter Ball has resigned as President. The board wishes to thank each of them for their contributions to the Company's development.
The board of directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert E. Shea, Stephen Gatensbury, and David Toyoda to act as Directors of the Company.
Mr. Shea has served as the Chairman of the Board for Shea Financial Group since 1980. Mr. Shea also serves on the Board of Directors of Plaintree Systems Inc., Solution Inc. Technologies Limited and Aim Explorations Inc. He was a former Board member of Halifax-Dartmouth Industries, Overland Realty Limited, MBB Helicopter and Highliner Foods Inc. Mr. Shea received his Bachelor of Science degree from St. Francis Xavier University in 1956.
Mr. Gatensbury is a business and marketing consultant and currently a Director of Goldeneye Resources Corp. He has managed Investor Relations and worked in Corporate Development over the past 15 years for the most part with the Gold Group, group of companies. Previous to this Mr. Gatensbury was a broker with Continental Securities, Yorkton Securities and Georgia Pacific Securities. Mr. Gatensbury has previously been a director for a number of Public Companies and he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree and a BC Teacher’s Certificate from the University of British Columbia in 1986.
David Toyoda is an Associate Counsel at Boughton Law Corp. where he practices in the areas of corporate and securities law, advising technology, biotechnology and mining companies that are listed, or are preparing to list on, Canadian stock exchanges. David is a frequent presenter and lecturer on corporate and securities law topics and coordinates a course on public companies at Simon Fraser University and through the TMX Group in Calgary and Toronto. David has a B.Comm (with honours) and a LL.B from the University of British Columbia.
Also effective immediately, Geoff Balderson has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of Argentum.
About Argentum Silver
Argentum Silver Corp. holds a 100% interest in the Coyote and Victoria properties located in Jalisco, Mexico, and the Lachiguiri and Silacayoapan properties located in Oaxaca, Mexico. For further information, please visit www.argentumsilvercorp.com.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Argentum Silver Corp.
“Geoff Balderson”
President & CEO
For information please contact:
Phone: 604-602-0001 Email: [email protected]
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