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Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. Announces the Appointment of Rod Wallis as Chief President, Special Projects
DENVER, Jan. 14 /CNW/ -- Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSXV: FO, "Falcon") announced today that it has a...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nDENVER, Jan. 14 /CNW/ -- Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSXV: FO, "Falcon")\nannounced today that it has appointed Rod Wallis as its new Chief Operating\nOfficer. Dr. James Edwards has elected to assume the new position of Senior\nVice President, Special Projects.\n\n\nMr. Wallis has been an employee of Falcon since September 2007. Prior to\njoining Falcon, Rod Wallis was the Senior Exploration Geologist for\nPetroHunter Energy Corporation. He has been in the oil and gas industry for 22\nyears, including 11 years as a geologist and project leader with BP, and five\nyears with Venture Production. Prior to joining PetroHunter, Mr. Wallis was\nVice President and Chief Geologist at Gustavson Associates where he worked on\nunconventional plays, including the Mako Trough in Hungary. Mr. Wallis\nobtained his degree at the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London,\nand is a member of the AAPG, PESGB and a Fellow of the Geological Society.\n\n\nFalcon's Chairman, CEO and President, Marc A. Bruner, stated, "On behalf\nof Falcon and Falcon's board, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome\nRod as Falcon's Chief Operating Officer. His combination of technical\nexpertise, particularly with respect to developing unconventional oil and gas\nresources, will prove very valuable to Falcon going forward. His innovation\nand commercial focus have made him a respected expert in his field, with a\nreputation for producing results, pushing new technologies and ideas,\ndiscovering plays and prospects, bringing discoveries on-stream, and managing\nlarge projects." Mr. Bruner continued, "We are also very pleased that Dr.\nEdwards has accepted this new position. I'd like to thank James, on behalf of\nFalcon and Falcon's board, for his service as Falcon's Chief Operating\nOfficer. The company has benefited from Dr. Edwards' efforts in guiding\nFalcon's operations to this point, and it will continue to benefit from his\nexpertise in his new role as we move into the next phase."\n\n\nDr. Edwards' assumption of the new position and Mr. Wallis' appointment\nare both effective immediately, while Mr. Wallis' appointment remains subject\nto approval by the TSX Venture Exchange.\n\n\nAbout Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd.\n\n\nFalcon Oil & Gas Ltd. is a British Columbia corporation which is in the\nbusiness of oil and ...