VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - 07/09/10) - Golden Chalice Resources Inc. (TSX-V:GCR - News) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that Dr. Trygve Hoy, P.Eng., has joined its Board of Directors. The appointment of Dr. Hoy represents an ongoing commitment by the Board to assemble a well-rounded team with the experience and expertise needed to build an effective and successful mineral exploration and development company.
Dr. Hoy brings extensive knowledge and experience to both the Company's exploration and management teams. He received his BSc in geology from the University of British Columbia, his MSc (geology) from Carleton University, Ottawa, and his Doctorate of Geology from Queens University, Ontario. He joined the British Columbia Department of Mines in 1974 and spent 28 years there as a research economic geologist, mainly concentrating on deposits and their setting in the southeastern part of the province. He has published numerous research papers and many geological maps covering the more highly prospective exploration belts of the province. Dr. Hoy has won several awards, including the Provincial Medal and Julian Boldy awards. He has been an exploration consultant since 2002, concentrating most of his work in southern British Columbia, but including contracts in the Canadian Arctic Islands, Ontario, Mexico, Argentina and Chile. He is a Professional Engineer and a member of the Society of Economic Geologists.
Dr. Hoy will be taking an active role in the Company and will be working with our various consulting geologists to conduct a thorough review of all our properties in order to best allocate resources.
Dr. Hoy will also be working closely with Kevin Montgomery, P.Geo., project geologist for the Langmuir nickel project, as critical decisions are made in regards to the advancement of Lamgmuir as a NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate was recently completed.
The Company would also like to announce Lynn Evoy has resigned from the Board of Directors of the Company to focus on other projects. The Company wishes to thank Lynn for his time and dedication to the Company and wishes him well on all future endeavors.
ABOUT GOLDEN CHALICE
On May 19, 2010, the Company announced it had completed a NI 43-101 resource estimate for its flagship Langmuir Nickel Project where 2007 drilling intersected 72 meters of 1.14% nickel. The Langmuir Project is easily accessible by road and is near existing mining infrastructure in the Timmins camp, host to numerous world-class gold and base metal deposits. The Company owns 100% of the property which covers more than 30 km of favorable stratigraphy with potential for hosting Kambalda-style deposits.
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