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NYSE Amex: BQI
CALGARY, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Oilsands Quest
Inc. (NYSE Amex: BQI) ("Oilsands Quest" or "the Company") has
appointed Simon Raven to the
position of Vice President, Exploration and Development.
Simon Raven has served as Chief
Geologist at Oilsands Quest Inc. since August 2006 and has been an integral part of the
team that delineated the Company's discoveries at Axe Lake,
Raven Ridge and Wallace Creek. In his new role, Mr. Raven will
be responsible for the exploration and development of the Company's
assets.
Mr. Raven started his career at Synenco, where he worked on the
Northern Lights oil sands project as a member of the team that
drilled over 500 exploration holes and delineated over two billion
barrels of bitumen.
Mr. Raven then spent five years with Norwest Corporation working
as a project geologist and project manager. During his time with
Norwest, he managed coal bed methane and oil sands exploration
projects throughout Western Canada
and in Western China.
Mr. Raven is a member of the Canadian Society of Petroleum
Geologists (CSPG), American Association of Petroleum Geologists
(AAPG) and the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (CIM), a
professional geologist (P.geol) and an active member of the
Association of Professional Engineers, Geologist and Geophysicists
of Alberta (APEGGA).
Oilsands Quest to Accompany Saskatchewan Energy Minister to
China
Oilsands Quest will be part of a trade delegation to
China led by Saskatchewan Minister of Energy and Resources,
Bill Boyd, from January 17th to 21st, 2011. The Company, together
with three representatives of the Minister's office, will meet with
Asian companies that have investments in the province to promote
Saskatchewan resources, including
oilsands, to potential investors.
"We are very pleased to be a part of Minister Boyd's
delegation," said Paul Ching, a
Director of the Company who will be a member of the delegation. "We
are excited to be developing Saskatchewan's first oil sands project, and we
look forward to presenting this opportunity to potential
investors."
About Oilsands Quest
Oilsands Quest Inc. (www.oilsandsquest.com) is exploring and
developing oil sands permits and licences, located in Saskatchewan and Alberta, and developing Saskatchewan's first commercial oil sands
discovery. It is leading the establishment of the province of
Saskatchewan's emerging oil sands
industry.
SOURCE Oilsands Quest Inc.
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