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El Nino Ventures Inc. appoints independent directors
El Nino Ventures Inc. appoints independent directors
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n May 28, 2010 (Canada NewsWire Group) -- TSX.V: ELN\nFSE: E7Q\n\n Mr. Harry Barr, Chairman & Acting CEO of El Nino Ventures Inc. (TSX.V: ELN; FSE: E7Q) is pleased to announce that three independent directors have been appointed to the Company's Board. These include Mr. Gary Moore, MBA, BComm, Ms. Linda Holmes and Mr. Spiros Cacos, M.A.\nMr. Moore is a Director of Goldcliff Resource Corporation and Freegold Ventures Limited. He is a graduate from the University of British Columbia from the Faculty of Commerce (1976) and from the Masters of Business Administration program (1982). He has held junior and senior executive positions with various companies, including Trionics Technology Ltd., Trivest Management Inc., Global Securities Corporation, Pacific International Securities Inc. and HTI Ventures Corp.\nMs. Holmes has been a Canadian/U.S. Regulatory Compliance Consultant to public companies since 1994. She is a Director of Fire River Gold Corp., Pacific North West Capital Corp. (Corporate Secretary) and Next Gen Metals Inc. (Corporate Secretary). Ms. Holmes has served as a director, corporate secretary or compliance manager for several public companies, mostly in the mineral resource industry, over the past 25 years.\nMr. Cacos is a Director of Fire River Gold Corp. and Next Gen Metals Inc. He holds a Master of Arts degree in International Relations & Diplomacy from Paris, France and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University. He has extensive experience in Corporate Communications and Corporate Finance, specializing in public mineral exploration companies and has been responsible for advising management on public relations, corporate finance and corporate strategy. Mr. Cacos has an extensive network of contacts within the financial community including fund managers, industry analysts and media throughout North America, the United Kingdom and continental Europe.\nMessrs. Moore, Cacos and Ms. Holmes will join Harry Barr and John (Jay) Oness to establish a compliment of five Board members. Concurrently with these appointments, the Company has accepted the resignation of its former Directors Mr. Damian Towns, Mr. John Royall and Mr. Michael Philpot, who had indicated they would not be standing for re-election at the Company's Annual General Meeting to be held on June 24, 2010. The Company would like to thank them ...