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SNS Silver Appoints Kurt Hoffman as Director and Grants Stock Options
SNS Silver Appoints Kurt Hoffman as Director and Grants Stock Options.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nTSX-V Trading Symbol: SNS\n\n\nVANCOUVER, April 16 /CNW/ - SNS Silver Corporation ("SNS Silver" or the\n"Company") (TSX-V: SNS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Kurt Hoffman\nto the Board of Directors.\n\n\nMr. Hoffman, a fourth generation miner and native to the Silver Valley,\nbrings significant depth and experience to SNS from a deep background of\nmining ventures. Currently, Mr. Hoffman is President, Chief Executive Officer,\nand a Director of Sundance Diamonds Corporation, a privately held company\nengaged in the exploration for diamonds in the U.S., Canada and South Africa.\nIn 2003, Mr. Hoffman co-founded High Plains Uranium, a publicly traded\nadvanced exploration uranium mining company, and served as Vice President and\na Director prior to the acquisition by Energy Metals Corporation (TSX: EMC)\nfor about $150 million in early 2007. From 1998 through 2004, Mr. Hoffman\nserved as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a Director of Trend Mining\nCompany, an exploration stage company focused on platinum group metals\nexploration in North America.\n\n\nSince 1998, Mr. Hoffman has served as a Director of Atlas Mining Company,\na Silver Valley-based company which owns Atlas-Fausett Contracting, a contract\nmining and drilling company, alongside additional properties in the U.S. and\nCanada. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Hoffman served as Director of Mineral Property\nSales for Coldwell Banker Schneidmiller Realty's commercial real estate\ndivision, which was appointed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to liquidate the\nreal property assets of the Bunker Hill Mining Co.. From 1998 until 2001, Mr.\nHoffman served as a Director of New Jersey Mining Co., which held gold and\nsilver properties in North Idaho. Mr. Hoffman is a member of the Northwest\nMining Association and is a member of the Board of Trustees of Albertson\nCollege.\n\n\nSNS also announces, pursuant to the Company's Stock Option Plan, a total\nof 370,000 incentive stock options were granted on April 16th, 2007, to\ndirectors, officers, consultants and employees of the Company. Of the total\nstock options granted, 200,000 options were granted to directors and senior\nofficers. The options are exercisable at a price of $1.50 per share until\nApril 16th, 2012. The Stock Options have been granted in accordance with the\nterms of the Company's...