ROMARCO MINERALS
INC.
997 Greg Street
Tel:
(775) 355-1900
Sparks, Nevada
Fax:
(775) 355-1907
USA 89431
info@romarco.com
PRESS RELEASE
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 25, 2008
ROMARCO APPOINTS BRUNK CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
ROMARCO MINERALS
INC. (TSXV: R) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has
appointed Mr. Ken Brunk as Sr. VP, Chief Operating
Officer of the Company. In a press release dated February 4, 2008, the
Company announced it had retained Mr. Brunk to head
up the feasibility study at the Haile Gold Mine in South Carolina. Mr.
Brunk has now joined the Company in a full time role.
Mr. Brunk has a long and distinguished career in the mining
industry. Mr. Brunk was recently President and
CEO of Harrison Western Group which provided engineering services, process
technology, and mining and construction services to the mining industry. Prior
to that Mr. Brunk had a long tenure with Newmont Mining with responsibilities including
metallurgical process development, management of operations, business development
and exploration, and finally as senior technical officer, responsible for all
the technical functions of the operations, mine planning, metallurgical
development, projects, and engineering groups within Newmont.
He played a key role in the development of many of the on-shore and
off-shore mines within Newmont, including the process
design and project organization. Also, Ken was a Vice President of Bateman
Engineering responsible for engineering studies, feasibility studies and
metallurgical process plants for gold, base metals and industrial minerals
treatment plants worldwide.
Mr. Brunk commented “I am excited about the future of Romarco and the potential of the Haile
Gold Mine as well as PInos Gold District in Mexico. The
Company has a solid, very experienced technical team on the ground at Haile and I look forward to continuing the leadership of
that team to successful completion of the bankable feasibility study. In
addition, I look forward to working with Diane to significantly grow this company.”
Ms. Garrett
commented, “Ken’s experience in feasibility studies and building
mining operations worldwide is extremely valuable to our shareholders and to
the future growth of the Company. Ken’s technical knowledge and
exposure to opportunities combined with my knowledge and relationships in the
financial community create a strong leadership team focused on delivering value
to the shareholders.”
Mr. Brunk holds a
degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Michigan Tech. Throughout his career
he has conducted numerous feasibility studies, and has been responsible for the design, construction, staffing, and operation of
multiple new mines and improving process efficiencies on existing mines
around the world.
Mr. Brunk’s
knowledge, skills and experience will be extremely valuable to Romarco as he
guides the feasibility study to completion and prepares for construction and
development of the Haile Gold Mine.
Mr. Brunk has been
granted 300,000 stock options at C$0.18 in connection with this appointment.
About Romarco:
Romarco Minerals
Inc. is a gold development company focused on production in the US and Mexico. The Company’s
flagship project is the Haile Gold Mine in South Carolina which is currently undergoing
feasibility and exploration. The Pinos Gold District in Mexico is a
high grade epithermal vein district in the advanced exploration stage. The
Company also has three gold exploration projects in Nevada.
For further
information, please contact Diane Garrett, President and C.E.O. at (830) 634-7489
or by e-mail at dgarrett@romarco.com or Shirene
Urton, Executive Assistant at (775) 355- 1900 or by
e-mail at surton@romarco.com.
ON BEHALF OF ROMARCO MINERALS INC.
“Diane R. Garrett”
Diane R. Garrett,
President and C.E.O.
THE
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS PRESS RELEASE.
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