Golden Hope Mines Appoints Robert J. Stocks to its Board of Directors
Toronto, Ontario-(Marketwire-June 07, 2010) Golden Hope Mines Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert J. Stocks to the Board of Directors. Mr. Stocks is currently employed as Counsel at Fasken Martineau, one of Canada’s largest law firms. Fasken has been selected as the Global Mining Law firm of the year in 2009 for the fifth consecutive year by Who’s Who Legal. Who's Who Legal is the Strategic Research Partner for the American Bar Association’s Section of International Law.
Mr. Stocks specializes in corporate and commercial law including such areas as acquisitions, amalgamations and mergers, competition issues, trade marks and licensing agreements, foreign investment in Canada, joint ventures as well as all other types of commercial contracts and agreements. Mr. Stocks is a Member of the Québec Bar, the Bar of Montréal and of the Canadian Bar Association.
Mr. Stocks currently serves on the Board of Directors of BCB Corporate Services Ltd., Suecia Reinsurance Company, Coor Nuclear Services Inc., CellaVision Canada Inc., Medicis Canada Ltd., Medicis Aesthetics Canada Ltd., and FMSC Food Management Services Chain Inc.
Mr. Stocks has also previously served on the Board of Directors of BC Bearing Engineers Ltd., Agfa Canada Inc., Bridgestone-Firestone Canada Inc., LG Electronics Canada Inc., Hyundai Canada Inc., Hyundai Auto Canada Inc., Yamato Transport Canada Inc., Sunkyong Canada Inc., Trygg Hansa Reinsurance Company, SSAB Swedish Steel Inc., NTI Numerical Technologies Inc., Hultdins Canada Inc., Hanil Bank of Canada, Noss Canada Inc., Quebec Meat Packers (1980) Inc.
Mr. Stocks has also served as Honourary Counsel General of Sweden for Toronto and the Province of Ontario and as Chairman of the Swedish Canadian Chamber of Commerce and recipient of the Royal Order of the Polar Star bestowed by the King of Sweden.
Mr. Stocks replaces Mr. Louis Hoel who has served as Director of Golden Hope Mines Ltd. since February 15, 2007. The Board thanks Mr. Hoel for his service and wishes him success in his future endeavors.
About Golden Hope Mines Limited:
Golden Hope is a mineral exploration company that seeks to grow shareholder value through the acquisition, exploration and development of potentially large-scale gold and base metal projects suitable for underground and/or open-pit mining. The company's focus is in Quebec, Canada. The Bellechasse gold project in Quebec includes the Timmins 1, Timmins 2 and Ascot gold zones, the new FSG volcanic environment targets and a number of recently claimed ultra basic/serpentine bodies. For further information on Golden Hope Mines Limited please visit www.goldenhopemines.com.
Forward-Looking Information:
This release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements". All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that address future production, reserve potential, exploration drilling, exploitation activities and events or developments that the company expects are forward-looking statements. Although the company believes the expectations expressed in such statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the statements. Various factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forwardlooking statements. These include market prices, exploitation and exploration successes, continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. For more information on the company, investors should review Golden Hope's registered filings at www.sedar.com.
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For more information, please contact:
Golden Hope Mines Limited Frank Candido President, Director Tel: 514-750-8218 Fax: 416-864-0175 [email protected] or [email protected] or Paradox Public Relations Corporate Communications 1-866-460-0408