All American Gold Reaches Agreement on Three New Properties in Nevada and Appoints CEO

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[{"type":"text","content":"\nAll American Gold Reaches Agreement on Three New Properties in Nevada and Appoints CEO\n\n\n Jan. 4, 2011 (Filing Services Canada) -- All American Gold Corp. (OSPR - OTCBB),is pleased to announce the completed signing of three agreements on gold exploration projects in the state of Nevada and the appointment of Brent Welke as Chief Executive Officer.All American actively pursued these three properties for their proximity to historically successful producing mines, for the properties' favorable geology in relation to neighboring exploration projects and through the guidance of the Company's technical advisor, Richard Kern.  Mr. Kern has extensive experience and tremendous success in the gold-rich state of Nevada. He and his team have discovered a nine million ounce gold-equivalent deposit at Eureka, Nevada and have been integral to the new discovery at Klondex Minerals Fire Creek property in central Nevada.Brent Welke, the new Chief Executive Officer of All American Gold, has been an entrepreneur and lawyer for 36 years. Mr. Welke started his law practice in east Kentucky, and a portion of his practice was in mining and labor matters related thereto. He later went to work for the United States Army Corps of Engineers where he acquired surface and mineral rights in several states.  He later worked for North American Coal Corporation, America's sixth largest coal company, where he was responsible for exploration land activities, negotiating land purchases and leases and maintaining North American's lease portfolio of 8,000 leases.  He was also responsible for all environmental and permitting functions concerning land in his division, which mined over 20,000,000 tons per year.  He recently sold a business selling high tech soil supplements in California.  He is currently engaged in the practice of law and is licensed in Indiana and in the Federal Courts of Indiana, Kentucky and North Dakota.  Mr. Welke stated, \"I am very excited for the opportunity to serve All American Gold Corp. as its Chief Executive Officer.  All American has reached agreement on three excellent properties. The Goldfield West project specifically has already begun its drilling program and we are excited to see how the results will shape the next phase of the permitted 21 hole program. ...

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