SAS announces the appointment of Catherine Gignac to its Board of Directors
TORONTO, Oct. 27, 2011 /CNW/ - St Andrew Goldfields Ltd. (T-SAS), ('SAS' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Catherine A. Gignac to its Board of Directors. Ms. Gignac most recently held the position of Managing Director and Analyst with NCP Northland Securities Inc. (formerly Sandfire Securities). She has covered the mining and minerals sector including large to small cap, precious and base metal mining companies for over 25 years. Ms. Gignac has held positions with several leading Canadian brokerage firms including UBS Securities, RBC Capital Markets, Merrill Lynch Canada and Wellington West Capital Markets. She is a frequent chairperson and speaker at industry conferences. Her early years were spent as an exploration geologist with Barrick Gold Corporation. She is a member and has served as President of the Mineral Resources Analyst Group, is a member of the CFA Institute, the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada.
'We are delighted to have Catherine as a member of our Board of Directors', said Louis Gignac, Chairman of SAS. 'She is highly respected and held in high regard within the mining industry. Her expertise in valuation analysis, her knowledge of the capital markets as well as her background in geology will be a great addition to the board.'
About SAS
SAS (operating as 'SAS Goldmines') is a gold mining and exploration company with an extensive land package in the Timmins mining district, northeastern Ontario which lies within the Abitibi greenstone belt, the most important host of historical gold production in Canada. SAS is focused on developing its assets in the Timmins Camp with three producing mines and aggressive exploration activities across 120km of land straddling the Porcupine-Destor Fault Zone.
St Andrew Goldfields Ltd.
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Suzette N Ramcharan
Manager, Investor Relations
Email: sramcharan@sasgoldmines.com
Jacques Perron Ben Au
President & CEO CFO, VP Finance & Administration
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