Everton Retains Caracle Creek International Consulting and Appoints Dr. Scott Jobin-Bevans as Senior Technical Advisor
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 04/10/12 -- Everton Resources Inc. ("Everton" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: EVR)(OTCQX: EVRRF)(FRANKFURT: ERV) is pleased to announce today that Caracle Creek International Consulting ("Caracle Creek") and Everton have entered into a General Consultancy Agreement, whereby Caracle Creek will act as the geological agent for Everton's projects located in the Dominican Republic.
Caracle Creek, with offices in Canada (Sudbury, Toronto, Vancouver), South Africa (Johannesburg), Zambia (Lusaka) and Latin America (Dominican Republic), has an impressive list of international clients that includes Anglo American Platinum in South Africa and Cliffs Natural Resources and Freeport McMoran in North America. The Company is also pleased to announce that Dr. Scott Jobin-Bevans, P.Geo., who works in the Dominican Republic and is a co-founder of Caracle Creek, will be working closely with Everton's in-country team in the capacity of Senior Technical Advisor.
Scott Jobin-Bevans (P.Geo.) has a B.Sc. (Hons) and M.Sc. from the University of Manitoba and a Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario. He is a Founding Partner and Director of the international geological consulting group, Caracle Creek International Consulting Inc. and Past-President and a Director of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC). Scott is the former President, CEO and a Director of TSX listed Treasury Metals Inc. and has worked with a number of companies in the capacity of Officer, Director and Technical Advisor. Scott currently sits on boards of a number of TSX-V listed mineral exploration companies and is overseeing the operations of Caracle Creek Dominican Republic, S.R.L.
Dr. Jobin-Bevans commented, "Everton's projects in the Dominican Republic show tremendous promise and I look forward to working with Everton in moving their impressive property portfolio forward toward discovering new mineral resources. Caracle Creek's technical expertise coupled with Everton's extensive experience in the Dominican Republic make for an ideal partnership that we are sure will generate positive results."
About Everton Resources Inc.
Everton Resources and Brigus Gold Inc., Everton's exploration partner in the Dominican Republic, have reached an agreement whereby Everton will acquire 100% ownership of Brigus' remaining interest in the Ampliacion Pueblo Viejo II ("APV"), Ponton and La Cueva concessions in the Dominican Republic. Everton is actively exploring adjacent to the US$3.8 billion Pueblo Viejo project, currently being developed by the world's largest gold mining company, Barrick Gold Corporation (60%) in partnership with Goldcorp Inc. (40%) ("Goldcorp") (NYSE: GG)(TSX: G). Everton also holds an interest in the Opinaca region of James Bay, Quebec where the Company has partnered with Aurizon Mines Ltd. who is advancing Everton's interest by funding 100% of all exploration work on one of the largest land packages adjacent to Goldcorp's Eleonore gold deposit.
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