High River Gold Announces Appointment of Chief Executive Officer
TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 10/29/10 -- High River Gold Mines Ltd. ('High River' or the 'Company') (TSX: HRG) is pleased to announce the appointment of Konstantin Sobolevskiy as Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Sobolevskiy currently holds the position of Senior Lawyer at Severstal Gold LLC, a subsidiary of OAO Severstal. OAO Severstal is one of the world's leading integrated steel and mining companies with listings in Russia and on the London Stock Exchange. Mr. Sobolevskiy has previously held the positions of lawyer of Gold Division and lawyer at Severstal Resources. Prior to that, he held senior legal positions in Bank VTB North-West. He graduated from Saint-Petersburg State University with law degree in 2005. Mr. Sobolevskiy is fluent in English.
About High River
High River is unhedged gold company with interests in producing mines and advanced exploration projects in Russia and Burkina Faso. Two underground mines, Zun-Holba and Irokinda, are situated in the Lake Baikal region of Russia. Two open pit gold mines, Berezitovy in Russia and Taparko-Bouroum in Burkina Faso, are also in production. Finally, High River has two advanced exploration projects with NI 43-101 compliant resource estimates, the Bissa gold project in Burkina Faso and 50% interest in the Prognoz silver project in Russia.
Contacts:
High River Gold Mines Ltd.
Konstantin Sobolevskiy
CEO
011 7 495 981 0910 ext. 6676
info@hrg.ca
www.hrg.ca