GEOVIC MINING APPOINTS MICHAEL GOLDBERG AS DIRECTOR
Posted by African Press International on September 25, 2008
September 24, 2008 – Grand Junction, CO – Geovic Mining Corp. (“Geovic” or “The Company”, TSX: GMC, OTC.BB:GVCM), today announced the appointment of Dr. Michael Goldberg to its Board of Directors, bringing the Board size up to seven.
Currently Professor and Dean Emeritus at the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Dr. Goldberg’s distinguished academic career spans four decades. Additionally, he has extensive experience in the public and private sectors, having consulted to businesses and governments in Canada, the U.S., and Asia while serving on the board of directors of a dozen publicly-listed and private companies.
Dr. Goldberg has served on the MasterCard Worldwide Centers of Commerce Knowledge Panel since late 2006, chairing that board since November 2007. Additionally, he has been a director of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Investment Board since February 2008 and a Director of Lend Lease Global Properties SICAF, a global real estate fund subscribed to by some of the largest pension funds in North America, Europe, and Australia, since 2001.
As a result of his research and policy experience, Dr. Goldberg has advised global businesses, trade associations, and governments at all levels on housing, real estate, transportation, and urban and regional development initiatives.
Wade Nesmith, Chairman of Geovic Mining, comments “we welcome Dr. Goldberg to the Company’s Board of Directors. His wealth of international academic and business experience will serve Geovic well in meeting its long-term goals.”
Geovic Background
Geovic is a U.S.-based corporation whose principal asset is a significant cobalt-nickel-manganese deposit in the Republic of Cameroon, with initial production scheduled for late 2010. Additionally, the company controls a diverse portfolio of energy, precious metals, and uranium projects in the United States, operated through its wholly-owned subsidiary Geovic Energy.
Additional Company and project information may be found on the websites www.sedar.com and www.sec.gov. For more information, please contact:
Andrew Hoffman
VP, Investor Relations
Geovic Mining Corp.
Direct (720) 350-4130
Toll-Free(888)350-4130
ahoffman@geovic.net
or
Vanguard Shareholder Solutions
Direct(604) 608-0824
Toll-Free (866)891-9456
ir@vanguardsolutions.ca
John E. Sherborne, CEO and Director
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