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Fortune Minerals announces appointment of Mike Romaniuk as Vice President Operations
Significant construction and operations expertise to strengthen project execution and ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSignificant construction and operations expertise to strengthen project\n execution and delivery\n\n\nIssued Capital: 120,276,976\n\n\n\n\n\nLONDON, ON, Nov. 29, 2012 /CNW/ - Fortune Minerals Limited (TSX-FT) (OTCQX-FTMDF) (\"Fortune\" or the \"Company\") (www.fortuneminerals.com) is pleased to announce that Mike Romaniuk has joined the Company as\n Vice President Operations effective November 19, 2012.  Mike Romaniuk\n brings extensive global engineering, mining and mineral processing\n operations and construction experience gained from more than 25 years\n in the sector primarily with Xstrata Nickel and Falconbridge.  Mike is\n based in Fortune's head office in London, Ontario and will oversee\n development of the Company's NICO gold-cobalt-bismuth-copper project in\n the Northwest Territories (\"NT\") and Saskatchewan, and the Arctos\n anthracite metallurgical coal project (\"Arctos\") in British Columbia\n (\"BC\").  Both of these projects have already been assessed in positive\n definitive feasibility studies (\"DFS\"), have been test mined and pilot\n plant processed, and are now in permitting for their proposed\n development.\n\n\nRobin Goad, Fortune's President and CEO commented, \"Mike's expertise\n managing complex global mining operations through the various stages of\n development and construction makes him a timely addition to our team as\n we advance toward our goal of becoming a reliable North American\n producer of metallurgical coal, gold and specialty metals.\"  \"I am\n excited to join Fortune and see great opportunity in the development of\n Fortune's significant Canadian assets,\" said Mike Romaniuk, Vice\n President Operations of Fortune.\n\n\nMike Romaniuk, P.Eng., has degrees in Geological Engineering - Mineral\n Processing from the University of Toronto and Mine Geology from\n Laurentian University.  His prolific career includes more than two\n decades of experience within Xstrata Nickel and Falconbridge and senior\n positions including Vice President in charge of Sudbury Operations and\n its integrated mining, milling and smelting facilities in Sudbury and\n the Montcalm mine in Timmins.  Mike was also Vice President and Project\n Director of the multi-billion dollar Koniambo ferronickel project in\n New Caledonia, which included operating centres in Canad...