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East Africa Metals Announces Additions to Project Development Committee
VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - April 19, 2016) - East Africa Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE: EAM) ("East Africa" or the "Company") wishes to announce additions to the
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[{"type":"text","content":"VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - April 19, 2016) - East Africa Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE: EAM) (\"East Africa\" or the \"Company\") wishes to announce additions to the Company's Project Development Committee as the Company prepares to engage the detailed engineering studies and development plans for its Terakimti Gold Oxide Project in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. East Africa is pleased to announce the following additions to the Project Development Committee: Peter J. Hawley, BSc, BEng, P.Geo Peter Hawley, founder of Scorpio Mining Corporation, served as CEO of that company from 1998 until November 2010 and is currently a director. He has over 30 years of mining industry experience that spans grassroots exploration through to development and production and has worked extensively with a large number of intermediate and senior mining companies including Teck, Noranda, Placer Dome and Barrick Gold. Mr. Hawley is also highly experienced in private and public company financing and corporate administration. Chris Zerga Mr. Zerga has worked in the mining industry for over 30 years and is currently employed by Scorpio Gold Corporation as its General Manager for their Mineral Ridge Gold property located in Silver Peak Nevada. Prior to holding this position Mr. Zerga held various positions ranging from Mill, Refinery, and Laboratory Manager and Metallurgical accountant for several companies including Newmont, Freeport McMoRan, Anglogold and Queenstake. Mr. Zerga has a diverse operational background which includes metallurgical expertise in wet and dry milling, roasting, heap leaching, refining and laboratory operations. Jay Melnyk, P.Eng With more than 25 years of international and domestic mining engineering experience, predominantly in open-pit mines, with additional underground and exploration experience, Jay Melnyk is recognized as an expert in pit optimization, pit phase design, mine scheduling, equipment selection, cost estimating, project management, resource modeling, and construction management. Jay has also provided extensive mine engineering expertise to Nevsun Resource Ltd.'s Bisha Au-Ag-Cu-Zn Mine in Eritrea. Sean Waller, P.Eng, Director and Chairman of the Project Development Committee said, \"East Africa is pleased to be adding the experience of these highly qualified individuals to the Company's tech...