Issued Capital: 150,526,976
LONDON, ON, Jan. 22, 2014 /CNW/ - Fortune Minerals Limited (TSX: FT) (OTCQX: FTMDF) ("Fortune" or the "Company") (www.fortuneminerals.com) is pleased to announce the promotion of Adam Jean, H.B.A., C.P.A.,
C.A. to the position of Vice-President Finance and Chief Financial
Officer of the Company. Adam has been with Fortune for six years as the
Company's Controller. He replaces Julian Kemp who is no longer with the
Company. We thank Julian for his efforts in helping Fortune grow from a
small exploration company to its current stage with two significant
projects under development and wish him well in his future endeavors.
Prior to joining Fortune, Adam Jean was a Senior Manager with Ernst &
Young LLP ("EY"), one of the world's leading professional services
organizations. Extensive experience gained from diverse
responsibilities with Fortune and in the professional services sector
has provided Adam with the right skills and experience to be successful
in his new position as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
Mahendra Naik, C.P.A., C.A., Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Chair of the Audit Committee commented, "I have worked closely with
Adam for several years and am confident he is the right person to
assume this very important leadership role - managing the Company's
regulatory reporting and finance department". Robin Goad, Fortune's
President and Chief Executive Officer said, "It is gratifying to be
able to fill this position internally from within our organization.
Adam's promotion to the executive group solidifies the team we need to
deliver on the NICO and Arctos projects".
As Fortune's Controller, Mr. Jean has significant experience with a
public issuer and company proposing to develop the NICO mine and
concentrator in the Northwest Territories ("NT"), a related refinery in
Saskatchewan, and the Arctos Anthracite Metallurgical Coal Project in
British Columbia. He has diverse knowledge in public and private equity
financings, regulatory compliance, financial reporting, risk
management, financial modelling, negotiation and management of legal
agreements, and management of the Company's information technology.
Adam also has important experience supporting the Company's joint
ventures and development activities.
As a Senior Manager with EY, Adam also gained extensive financial
reporting, assurance and risk advisory experience in the financial
services sector. Over an eight year span, his clients included public,
private, domestic and multi-national companies from a variety of
industries providing Adam valuable experience in the analysis and
evaluation of financial, business, and technological risks.
Adam Jean is a graduate, with distinction, from the Honours Business
Administration program at the Ivey Business School at Western
University and he subsequently went on to obtain his Chartered
Accountant designation. Adam promotes giving back to the community and
was recently appointed President of the national Board of Directors of
the Sunshine Foundation - Dreams for Kids after serving on the
volunteer board for five years in executive and Treasurer roles.
About Fortune Minerals
Fortune is a diversified resource company with several mineral deposits
and a number of exploration projects, all located in Canada. The
Company is focused on the development of the Arctos Anthracite Project
in British Columbia and the vertically integrated NICO
gold-cobalt-bismuth-copper project that is comprised of a mine and mill
in the NT that will produce a bulk concentrate for shipment to a
refinery for processing to high value metal products. In addition, the
Company owns the Sue-Dianne copper-silver-gold deposit and other
exploration projects in the NT. Fortune is focused on outstanding
performance and growth of shareholder value through assembly and
development of high quality mineral resource projects.
This press release contains forward-looking information. This
forward-looking information includes statements with respect to, among
other things, the Company's expectations with respect to the
development of the NICO and Arctos projects. Forward-looking
information is based on the opinions and estimates of management as
well as certain assumptions at the date the information is given
(including, in respect of the forward-looking information contained in
this press release, assumptions regarding the Company's ability to
arrange necessary project financing). However, such forward-looking
information is subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and
other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ
materially from those projected in the forward-looking information.
These factors include the inherent risks involved in the exploration
and development of mineral properties, the inherent volatility of metal
prices, the risk that the Company may not be able to arrange the
necessary financing to construct and operate the NICO mine or develop
the Arctos project, uncertainties with respect to the receipt or timing
of all applicable permits for the development of the NICO and Arctos
projects and other factors. Readers are cautioned to not place undue
reliance on forward-looking information because it is possible that
predictions, forecasts, projections and other forms of forward-looking
information will not be achieved by the Company. The forward-looking
information contained herein is made as of the date hereof and the
Company assumes no responsibility to update or revise it to reflect new
events or circumstances, except as required by law.
SOURCE Fortune Minerals Limited
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