Africo Resources Ltd. Appoints a New Director
16.10.2014 | Marketwire
VANCOUVER, Oct 16, 2014 - Africo Resources Ltd. ("Africo") (TSX:ARL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. George Ireland to its Board of Directors. Mr. Ireland founded Geologic Resource Partners LLC ("Geologic") in 2004 and serves as its chief investment officer and CEO. Geologic owns approximately 15% of Africo's shares.
Mr. Ireland has over 35 years of experience in all aspects of the resource sector, ranging from field geology to banking and venture capital. From 2000 to 2004, he was General Partner of Ring Partners, LP, a predecessor investment partnership to Geologic. From 1993 to 2000, Mr. Ireland was an analyst for and a partner in Knott Partners LP where he specialized in resource investing. Prior to 1993, Mr. Ireland held a variety of positions at Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, The Chase Manhattan Bank, ASARCO Inc. and Ventures Trident LP. Mr. Ireland graduated from the University of Michigan with a BS from the School of Natural Resources and is a Fellow in the Society of Economic Geologists. Mr. Ireland also serves on the boards of Amerigo Resources Ltd., Kiska Metals Corp., Taseko Mines Ltd. and Merrill & Ring Inc, a private timber company in the US.
Chris Theodoropoulos, Chairman stated, "We welcome Mr. Ireland and his invaluable experience to our Board and look forward to working with him. The funds managed by Mr. Ireland's firm, Geologic, have been key shareholders of Africo since 2007."
Note for editors:
Africo Resources Ltd. is a Canadian mineral company engaged in developing, acquiring and exploring for base metal assets in Africa. The company's main project is Kalukundi, a development stage copper-cobalt deposit located in the Katangan Copperbelt in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The development team has an operational base in the DRC, with the company corporate offices located in Vancouver, Canada.
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Chris Theodoropoulos, Chairman
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Larry Okada, Chief Financial Officer
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