Tower Resources Appoints Stuart Averill to the Board of Directors
Vancouver, B.C. / TheNewswire / August 23rd, 2016 - Tower Resources Ltd., (TSX.V: TWR) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Stuart (Stu) Averill to the company's Board of Directors.
Mr. Averill is Chairman of Overburden Drilling Management Limited (ODM), a company that he founded in 1974 to develop and apply indicator mineral methods for mineral exploration. He has progressively advanced this novel technology and is now recognized as its pioneer and leading authority. Mr. Averill's specialty is early-stage exploration projects in frontier areas but he has also performed many detailed investigations, including demonstrating that Bre-X's drill core samples had been salted with placer gold grains. He has played a leading role in the discovery of several mineral deposits and new mineral districts in Canada including the very productive Casa Berardi and Rainy River gold districts. He is a former director of Nuinsco Resources Ltd. and was a director of Rainy River Resources Ltd. from 2005 until the company was acquired by New Gold Inc. in 2013 for $310 million.
Mr. Averill holds a BSc. (Hons.) in geology from the University of Manitoba. He has published several influential papers on indicator minerals and was presented with the PDAC's Distinguished Service Award in 2003.
Mark Vanry, Director, President and CEO, comments, "On behalf of the board and our management team we are excited to welcome Mr. Averill to the board. Stu is a proven industry veteran with an excellent track record of innovation and discovery. We look forward to working with Stu as we continue to advance our key exploration assets."
About Tower Resources Ltd.
Tower Resources Ltd. (TWR.V) is a Vancouver based junior mineral exploration company focused on the discovery and advancement of economic mineral projects, primarily in British Columbia. The company's key exploration assets are Rabbit North, Nechako Gold and More Creek.
Mark Vanry - Director, CEO & President
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mvanry@towerresources.ca
www.towerresources.ca
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