Animas Resources Nominates Two New Directors for Election at 2012 Annual Meeting
May 08 2012 - 9:00AM
Marketwired Canada
Animas Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ANI) announces that its annual general
meeting ("AGM") will be held on June 5, 2012 at 10:00AM (Vancouver time).
Shareholders of record at the close of business on April 30, 2012 are entitled
to notice of and to vote at the AGM.
Two new directors, John R. Wilson and David C. Beling, have been nominated for
election to the Board at the AGM.
"We are pleased to nominate John and Dave to the Animas Board," said Mark T.
Brown, Chairman of Animas Resources. "Their breadth of experience and strategic
insight will be very valuable, particularly given their collective knowledge of
Santa Gertrudis and project development and operations."
Gregory E. McKelvey has resigned from the Board and Donald E. Ranta will not
stand for re-election at the AGM. The other two current Board members, Mark T.
Brown and Hugh Miller, will stand for re-election at the AGM.
The Board would like to thank both Mr. McKelvey and Dr. Ranta, who have been
valuable contributors to the Company since the inception of Animas in 2007. The
shareholders have benefited from their insights and experience, especially in
advancing the opportunities at Santa Gertrudis to the point of now advancing the
gold project to pre-feasibility stage. Both Mr. McKelvey and Dr. Ranta have
agreed to join the Advisory Board of the Company and, in that capacity, will
remain contributors to and supporters of Animas.
Mr. David C. Beling, P.E., has a unique combination of project and corporate
expertise with 48 years of experience in the global precious metal, base metal
and energy mineral sectors. Mr. Beling has significantly examined or was
directly involved with 84 underground mines, 127 open pits and 163 mineral
processing plants as a consultant with numerous clients and while employed with
Phelps Dodge, Union Oil, Fluor, United Technologies, Westinghouse, and several
Canadian and US junior mining companies. Since 1981 he's served as a senior
executive and member of the Board of Directors of nine public mining companies.
In addition to developing and managing operations, he initiated or strongly
contributed to the closing of debt and equity financings, commodity and asset
sales, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. Mr. Beling is the President,
CEO and Director of Bullfrog Gold Corp., and is responsible for developing its
gold projects in Arizona and Nevada and evaluating potential acquisitions. He
also is a Director of Quantum Rare Earth Developments Corp., and has been
associated with Mark Brown on several mining projects and companies since 1997.
Mr. John R. Wilson is the President and CEO of Animas. He leads the advancement
of the Santa Gertrudis gold project in Mexico and has led many successful
exploration programs over his 40-year career. His work for Cyprus, Codelco
Corporation, Amoco Minerals, Amax and Essex has ranged from initial prospect
evaluation to the design and management of regional exploration, deposit
modeling and development programs. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Beling worked together
nearly forty years ago while employed with Essex International/United
Technologies.
About Animas Resources Ltd.
Animas Resources Ltd., a North American mineral resource company focused on
acquisition and discovery, consolidated the Santa Teresa District's Santa
Gertrudis precious metal and related deposits and prospects within a 562 square
kilometer land holding. Our mission is to grow Animas through development,
discovery and acquisition of high-quality mineral deposits and to build upon the
historic gold resource base at Santa Gertrudis, Mexico, and maintain a pipeline
of only the highest quality projects.
This news release was prepared by Company management, who take full
responsibility for its content.
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visit www.animasresources.com.
Mark T. Brown, Director
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