West African Resources Limited Director Appointment
29.01.2014 | ABN Newswire
Perth, Australia (ABN Newswire) - West African Resources Ltd. (ASX:WAF) (TSE:WAF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Jean-Marc Lulin to the position of Non-Executive Director.Mr. Lulin is a senior mining executive with 30 years of experience in North America, Africa and Europe. Since June 2003, Mr. Lulin has been as President, CEO and Director of TSXV listed company Azimut Exploration Inc. Mr Lulin was formerly the President and COO for Channel Resources (1996-2001), Vice President West Africa for Channel Resources (1995-1996) and has extensive West African experience.
Mr. Lulin was involved in the discoveries of several important deposits, notably the Bombore, Bouroum and Goulagou gold deposits in Burkina Faso with Channel Resources. Mr. Lulin was instrumental in strengthening the initial wave of exploration in Burkina Faso during the 1990s. He was co-founder of the Burkinabe Mining Association and president of the Technical Commission of the World Bank-MIGA 6th African Mining Symposium. Mr. Lulin was Associate Professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal (1992-1995) and was a consultant for The World Bank. He also acted as President for Quebec's Mineral Exploration Association (AEMQ) in 2011-2012.
Mr. Lulin holds a Doctorate in Economic Geology from the Université d'Orléans (1984), and a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Mineral and Energy Resources (1981), a Master's degree in Applied Geology (1980) and a Licence in Earth Sciences (1979) from the Université Paris VI, France.
About West African Resources Limited:
Dual listed (TSX-V and ASX) West African Resources Ltd. is a gold-copper exploration company dedicated to creating shareholder value through the acquisition, exploration and development of resource projects in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
West African has a landholding of 6,370sq km and 200km of strike length of early Proterozoic Birimian greenstone belts, which are highly prospective for gold mineralisation.
Contact:
West African Resources Ltd.
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