TORONTO,
June 26, 2017 /CNW/
- Potash Ridge Corporation ("Potash Ridge"or the
"Corporation") (TSX: PRK), a near term producer of
premium fertilizer in North
America, today announced the re-appointment of Mr.
Andrew Squires as Director of the
Corporation.
Mr. Squires brings over three decades of international
resource development experience in the energy and natural resources
industries. In this time, he has established a proven history of
success in creating strong management teams and helping grow new
resource ventures into prosperous operations. His entrepreneurial
spirit combined with his technical, operational, and financial
knowledge have led to success in helping create value in the
resource development sector. Of recent note, Mr. Squires was part
of the original executive team of Osum Oil Sands Corp., a
successful junior oil sands company, in which he was instrumental
in creating the team and helping raise over $1 billion in private equity taking the company
to commercial production. Prior to starting Osum Oil Sands, Mr.
Squires worked for his own consulting firm providing services for
clients including Exxon, Aera, BP, Pemex, PetroCanada, PanCanadian
and Chevron. Mr. Squires' engineering and management skills were
honed working for companies such as Dominion Exploration, Paramount
Resources, Pioneer Natural Resources and Amoco.
Mr. Squires is currently an executive advisor for Osum Oil
Sands Corp., President of AXS Industries - a global energy
investment advisory firm, a board member of American Lithium Corp.
and IBIS Resources Corp. and is actively engaged in a number of
start-ups and financings in the energy storage, oilfield equipment,
and aerospace fields. Mr. Squires holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical
Engineering from the University of
Alberta.
About Potash
Ridge
Potash Ridge's strategy is to become
a premier producer of potassium sulphate or SOP in North
America. The Corporation owns two SOP projects:
the Valleyfield project that plans to produce SOP through
the Mannheim Process; and the Blawn Mountain
project in Utah that plans to produce
SOP by processing an alunite material. Potash Ridge has a
highly qualified and proven management team in place with
significant financial, project management and operational
experience and the ability to take projects into
production.
SOURCE Potash Ridge Corporation