Sovereign Gold Company Limited Corporate Advisor Appointment
27.11.2013 | ABN Newswire
Sydney, Australia (ABN Newswire) - Sovereign Gold Company (ASX:SOC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Simon Bird as Corporate Advisor to Sovereign Gold.Mr Bird will assist the executive team as the company transitions from exploration to development of the company's IRGS projects at Mount Adrah and Uralla NSW.
Michael Leu, CEO said "Simon brings a strong background in corporate finance and strategic planning with established relationships across Australasia and will be a valuable addition to our team as our projects gain traction and momentum".
Mr Bird was also until recently the CEO of King Island Scheelite Ltd. which is developing the tungsten mines on King Island in Tasmania. He is currently an Independent Non Executive Director of Mount Gibson Iron <MGX.AX> and also the Chairman of Rawson Resources Limited <RAW.AX> and a former director of CPA Australia Limited and Kosciusko Alpine Club Limited.
Mr Bird has over 27 years of international finance experience, including holding the positions of General Manager for Stockland Ltd, CFO of Graincorp <GNC.AX> and CFO of Wizard Mortgage Corp.
About Sovereign Gold Company Limited:
Sovereign Gold Company Ltd. (ASX:SOC) is an Australian-based gold exploration and development company that holds a highly prospective tenement package, for Intrusion-Related Gold Systems (IRGS), in New South Wales, Australia. Sovereign Gold holds 11 Exploration Licences covering over 3,240km2 near Armidale in NSW, including the historic Rocky River-Uralla Goldfields. Sovereign Gold's aggressive exploration program in several of these licence areas is funded via a joint venture (at the tenement level) with Jiangsu Geology & Engineering Co Ltd (SUGEC), a major Chinese State-owned geology enterprise. The other area of focus is the Mt. Adrah Project, approximately 50km southeast of the regional NSW centre of Wagga Wagga and 23km northwest of the historic mining district of Adelong, via an 87% interest in unlisted Gossan Hill Gold Limited. This area contains the recently discovered, world-class, Hobbs IRGS deposit which is currently under evaluation.
Contact:
Sovereign Gold Company Ltd.
T: +61-2-9251-7177
F: +61-2-9251-7500
WWW: www.sovereigngold.com.au