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Pure Energy Minerals Appoints Walter Weinig as Vice President - Projects & Permitting
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 16, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pure Energy Minerals Limited (TSX-V:PE) (FRANKFURT:A111EG) (OTCQB:PEMIF) (the “Company” or “Pure
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[{"type":"text","content":"VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 16, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pure Energy Minerals Limited (TSX-V:PE) (FRANKFURT:A111EG) (OTCQB:PEMIF) (the “Company” or “Pure Energy”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Walter Weinig as Vice President of Projects and Permitting effective April 1, 2017. This appointment continues the transition of the Company from exploration to development activities at the Clayton Valley South Lithium Project (the “CVS Project”) while helping to launch the exploration stage at the Terra Cotta Project in Argentina. Mr. Weinig brings nearly 30 years of experience in mining hydrogeology, permitting, and project management at sites around the globe to Pure Energy. He has managed multi-disciplinary engineering and scientific teams to accomplish complex design and permitting projects in surface and underground mining, industrial, and environmental arenas. Mr. Weinig has led and performed groundwater and environmental investigations throughout the southwestern United States, including mining-related baseline studies and assessments for several projects in Nevada. He has also provided oversight and input to the resource quantification for a lithium-brine project in Argentina (unrelated to Pure Energy). He is currently involved with the Company in a consulting capacity, focusing on the resource evaluation at the CVS Project. Mr. Weinig earned a B.Sc. degree in geology from the University of Wisconsin and an M.Sc. in hydrology and water resources from the University of Arizona. He is a registered Professional Geologist, a certified Project Management Professional, and is a Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101. Pure Energy also announces that Dr. Andy Robinson will resign from his position as Chief Operating Officer of the Company effective March 31, 2017. Dr. Robinson joined Pure Energy as Chief Operating Officer in November 2014 and was appointed a Director in September 2015. He presided over considerable growth of the Company during the early stages of the CVS Project. Dr. Robinson remains a Director of the Company. Pure Energy CEO, Patrick Highsmith, commented about the evolution of the team, “This will be a year of transition at the Clayton Valley South Project as we progress from exploration to development. At the same time we launch an important exploration program at the new Terra Cot...