Mr. Jason Weber reports
JACK MILLER, P.ENG. JOINS KISKA'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, KEY PERSONNEL ADDED TO TECHNICAL TEAM AND OPTIONS GRANTED
Kiska Metals Corp. added Jack Miller, PEng, to the company's
board of directors at the annual general meeting held in Vancouver on
June 23. Mr. Miller's leadership and expertise in advanced project
development and mine construction will be integral to the progression
of the company's flagship Whistler project in Alaska. The company is
also pleased to announce that Geoff Chater has been appointed chairman
of the board of directors.
Mr. Miller holds a BASc and an MASc in geological engineering and
is a registered professional engineer. Mr. Miller has held various site
operating and head office leadership roles in multiple base and
precious metal operating companies. In these roles, Mr. Miller has been
responsible for the entire mine development cycle; starting from
exploration, through development and finally to operations. His most
recent role, prior to retirement in 2010, was chief operating officer
for Quadra FNX Mining Ltd.
Mr. Miller was elected along with six returning directors: Geoff
Chater, Bipin Ghelani, John Kanellitsas, George Ireland, Mark Selby and
Jason Weber. Shareholders also voted in favour of retaining the
company's current auditor, Hay and Watson, as well as the company's
stock option plan.
"Geoff Chater's strong leadership abilities combined with his
understanding of financial markets is particularly timely," stated
Jason Weber, president and chief executive officer of Kiska Metals. "Whistler is a very
large project that will require Kiska to continue to evolve in terms of
personnel and financial strength. Mr. Chater understands the challenges
faced at the project and financial level and we welcome his knowledge
in helping lead us through this transition."
"The addition of Jack Miller to our board of directors provides
expertise in project development that will be extremely valuable as we
move the Whistler project forward. He has a proven record in the mining
industry and possesses a hard-earned skill set in mine building," stated
Mr. Chater, chairman of the board of Kiska Metals. "David
Caulfield, as our outgoing co-chairman, was the first to recognize the
value Mr. Miller will bring to Kiska and was instrumental in
encouraging Jack to join the board. We are very thankful for David's
contribution to the board and his ongoing leadership as vice-president
of business development. Lastly, we would like to thank outgoing
co-chairman John Kanellitsas for his contributions and strong support."
The board of directors would like to thank Mr. Caulfield for his
outstanding service to Kiska. Mr. Caulfield was a founder of Rimfire Minerals
Corp., which merged with Geoinformatics Exploration Inc. to form
Kiska in August of 2009. Mr. Caulfield continued as co-chairman of the board
with Mr. Kanellitsas after the merger and was a strong member of the
team whose insight and contribution was valued highly. Mr. Caulfield
will continue to contribute at the senior management level with Kiska
as the company's vice-president of business development.
Additions to the Kiska technical team
Kiska has strengthened the technical team responsible for the
exploration of the Whistler project, Alaska. Recent additions include
the addition of Brett Marsh as resource geologist and Scott McKeag as
senior project geologist, focusing on Island Mountain.
Mr. Marsh has over 15 years of mining and geologic experience covering
exploration, development and production. He specializes in the
definition, facilitation and supervision of 2-D and 3-D geologic modelling
along with geologic database preparation and management, report
preparation and presentation, and brownfield/near mine exploration. He
holds master's degrees in business administration and geology from
Arizona State University, and a bachelor's degree in geology from SUNY
Fredonia. Mr. Marsh's most recent position was global project manager with
Newmont Mining Company.
Mr. McKeag's previous position was senior production geologist for Coeur
Alaska's Kensington gold mine in southeastern Alaska. Mr. McKeag holds a
bachelor's degree in earth science from Cal Poly Pomona and a master's
degree in geology from the University of Otago in New Zealand. During
his geological career, he has spent time in Australasia and Oceania
conducting gold exploration and has spent seven years as an open pit
and underground production geologist.
The company has also added Dr. Colin Barnett to its advisory board. Dr.
Barnett is a principal of BW Mining, a company established in 2004 to
apply modern data mining techniques in the search for new mineral
deposits. Previously he was director of exploration technology for
Newmont Mining Corp. before forming BW Mining. He received his BA
and MA in natural sciences from Cambridge, his MSc in geophysics from
Imperial College London, and his PhD in geophysics from the Colorado
School of Mines. During a 30-year career with Newmont, he was
responsible for numerous innovations, including the first practical
ground time-domain electromagnetic system known as EMP. Dr. Barnett
joins Henry Awmack and Rob Duncan as advisers to the company.
Stock options granted
The company has granted 1,985,000 incentive stock options to directors,
officers, employees and consultants of the company at a price of 70 cents,
expiring June 26, 2016. Individual grants exceeding 30,000 per person
will vest over two years. Options are granted in accordance with the
company's incentive stock option plan approved at the annual general
meeting held June 23, 2011.
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