VMS Ventures Appoints John Pattison Chief Geologist
July 05 2011 - 12:12PM
Marketwired
VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE: VMS) ("VMS") is pleased to announce
the appointment of John Pattison as Chief Geologist.
VMS Ventures CEO Rick Mark states: "John Pattison has been a
member of our Advisory Board for some time now and has been acting
as a consultant on all of our projects. He has become a key member
of our geological team and we are delighted to have John joining
VMS and North American Nickel full time. John is involved in all
aspects of preparing projects for exploration and drilling. His
experience as a field geologist in many settings around the world,
combined with his understanding and expertise in the area of GIS
has made us a better Company. On behalf of VMS, I'm delighted to
welcome John Pattison to our Company."
John Pattison is a professional geoscientist with a B.Sc. degree
in Geological Sciences from the University of Toronto. He has a
strong technical background and over 25 years of experience in
copper-zinc and nickel-copper-PGE sulphide exploration. He
specializes in the effective application of Geographical
Information Systems (GIS) technology to mineral exploration. John
presently consults to VMS Ventures and is also on their Advisory
Board.
Recently, he was Chief Geologist with Exploration Syndicate,
Inc. where he was part of a team of geoscientists that discovered
high-grade copper-zinc massive sulphide on the western side of the
Flin Flon belt at Suggi Lake, Saskatchewan in 2008. From 1983 to
2002 John worked with Falconbridge Limited and associated companies
where he was responsible for managing base metal, PGE and gold
exploration projects throughout Canada and southern Africa. After
leaving Falconbridge in 2002 and prior to joining Exploration
Syndicate in 2006 John provided geological consulting services to
major and junior mining companies including Falconbridge and Anglo
American.
About VMS Ventures Inc.
VMS Ventures Inc. is focused primarily on acquiring, exploring
and developing copper-zinc-gold-silver massive sulphide deposits in
the Flin Flon-Snow Lake VMS Belt of Manitoba. The Company's VMS
project property portfolio consists of the Reed Lake Project,
Copper Project, McClarty Lake Project, Sails Lake Project, Puella
Bay Project and Morton Lake Project. Outside of the Snow Lake camp,
the Company holds massive sulphide prospective properties near the
past producing Fox Lake and Ruttan copper-zinc mines, near the
communities of Lynn Lake and Leaf Rapids in northern Manitoba.
These properties are located in the mining friendly province of
Manitoba, Canada. The Company also has optioned three properties in
the Sudbury mining camp. They are Terra Incognita, Golden Pine and
Black Creek.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
John Roozendaal, President
VMS Ventures Inc.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
Contacts: VMS Ventures Inc. Keith Patey Director of
Communications (604) 986-2020 or Toll Free: 1-866-816-0118
www.vmsventures.com Launch IR Matt Harrington or Dean Hanisch (613)
882-7467
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