Chief Financial Officer & Director Appointed
Apr. 12, 2011 (Filing Services Canada) -- Chalice Diamond Corp. (COD - TSX Venture), is pleased to announce that Larry Johnson has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors and to the positions of Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. The Company also has received resignation of Alan Campbell, B.Comm, as a Chief Financial Officer. The company thanks Mr. Campbell for his contributions to the company. Mr. Campbell will stay on board as a Director.
Mr. Johnson graduated from the University of British Columbia with a B.Sc. (Geology) and became a Chartered Accountant in 1975. He has been involved in mineral exploration as a field geologist and project manager across North America for diamonds and both precious and base metals including Charles E. Fipke's Dia Met Minerals, discoverer of the Ekati Diamond Mine in Canada. He has been employed as a Chief Financial Officer for several junior resource companies including Fronteer Gold which Newmont Mining is to acquire for about Cdn. $2.3 billion. The Company also announces it has received resignations of Darcy Hughes as Director and Diana Mark as Corporate Secretary. The Board thanks both Darcy and Diana for their contributions to the company and wishes them well on future endeavours.
The company is actively looking at projects in Canada, Mexico, and South America and public announcement will me made, shortly after upon successful acquisitions, of company's short and long term goals.
For further information contact:
Rasool Mohammad, B. Sc. (Mining Engineering)
President & CEO
Phone: (604) 685-2222
Email: info@chalicediamond.com
Or visit Chalice Diamond's web-site: www.chalicediamond.com.
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