Metals Creek appoints Darin Wagner as Special Advisor and Consultant
Toronto, May 19, 2010. Metals Creek Resources Corp. ("Metals Creek" or the “Company”) (MEK:TSXV) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Darin Wagner as a Special Advisor and Consultant to the Company. Mr. Wagner will advise the Company on corporate and technical matters.
Mr. Wagner is a professional geologist and the former President and CEO of West Timmins Mining Inc. (“WTM”) which was amalgamated with Lake Shore Gold Ltd. in a deal valued at $424 million completed in November of 2009. WTM’s principal asset was the West Timmins Gold Project, which included the high-grade Thunder Creek Gold discovery and the extensive Golden River mineralized trend located approx 10 kilometers west of Metals Creek’s Ogden gold project in Timmins, Ontario. Mr. Wagner is currently the President and CEO of Balmoral Resources Ltd. He also currently serves on the Board of Directors of Candente Gold Inc. and acts as a Technical Advisor to Mag Silver Corp., Platinum Group Metals Ltd. and Puget Ventures Inc..
Commensurate with the appointment, Mr. Wagner will be granted 100,000 stock options of Metals Creek Resources Corporation. The options will have a 5 year term from the date of grant, an exercise price of C$0.10 per share and be subject to vesting provisions and the terms and conditions of the Company’s stock plan.
About Metals Creek Resources Corp.
Metals Creek Resources Corp. is incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, is a reporting issuer in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario, and has its common shares listed for trading on the Toronto Venture Exchange under the symbol “MEK”.
Metals Creek is earning a 50 % interest in the Ogden Gold Property, which hosts the former Naybob Gold mine, and extends for 8 kilometres along the prolific Destor-Porcupine Fault which hosts numerous multi-million ounce gold deposits between Timmins Ontario and Val’Dor Quebec. The Company also controls district-scale gold and polymetallic exploration plays in Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador. Additional information concerning the Corporation is contained in documents filed by the Corporation with securities regulators, available under the company’s profile at www.sedar.com .
This press release includes certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Canadian securities laws that are based on expectations, estimates and projections as of the date of this press release. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove accurate, and actual results and developments are likely to differ, in some case materially, from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. Readers of this press release are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on a number of assumptions that may prove to be incorrect, including, but not limited to: timely implementation of anticipated drilling and exploration programs; the successful completion of new development projects, planned expansions or other projects within the timelines anticipated and at anticipated production levels; the accuracy of reserve and resource estimates, grades, mine life and cash cost estimates; whether mineral resources can be developed; title to mineral properties; financing requirements; general economic conditions; and changes in laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Corporation. In addition to being subject to a number of assumptions, forward-looking statements in this press release involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results and developments to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Corporation has no intention or obligation to update the forward-looking statements contained in this press release.
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For further information, please contact:
Alexander (Sandy) Stares, President and CEO
Metals Creek Resources Corp
telephone: (709)-256-6060
fax: (709)-256-6061
email: astares@metalscreek.com