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Craig Haase Elected to Royal Gold Board of Directors
Craig Haase Elected to Royal Gold Board of Directors.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nDENVER, July 31 /CNW/ -- ROYAL GOLD, INC. (Nasdaq: RGLD); (TSX: RGL), the\nleading publicly-traded precious metals royalty company, today announced the\nelection of M. Craig Haase to Royal Gold's Board of Directors. Haase will\nreplace Edwin W. Peiker, Jr. who announced his plans to retire effective July\n25, 2007. Peiker will retain the title of Director Emeritus.\n\n\nFor more than 15 years, Haase served as Director, Executive Vice\nPresident and Chief Legal Officer of Franco-Nevada Mining Corporation, a\npublicly-traded precious metals royalty company that merged with Newmont\nMining Corporation in 2002. He served in a similar capacity at Euro-Nevada\nMining from 1987 to 1999 when Euro-Nevada merged with Franco-Nevada. Haase\nwas also Chairman and CEO for Gold Marketing Corporation of America, Inc., a\nphysical gold export company, from 1994 to 2002. He received his J.D. degree\nfrom the University of Illinois and was engaged in private practice from mid\n1971 to 1990.\n\n\nStanley Dempsey, Executive Chairman of the Board, commented, "We are\npleased to welcome Craig to our board. His background in mining and mining\nlaw, as well as expertise in the precious metals royalty business, will\nfurther strengthen the Company as we continue to execute our strategic growth\nplan."\n\n\nThe Company also announced the recent retirement of Edwin W. Peiker, Jr.,\nwho served as a director on Royal Gold's board for 20 years. Peiker, a\nco-founder of the Company, served as President and Chief Operating Officer\nfrom 1988 to 1992 and Vice President of Engineering from 1987 to 1988.\n\n\n"We want to thank Ed for his long and dedicated service to Royal Gold.\nHis knowledge, support and counsel were invaluable in making the Company\nsuccessful," said Dempsey.\n\n\nRoyal Gold is a precious metals royalty company engaging in the\nacquisition and management of precious metal royalty interests. Royal Gold is\npublicly traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "RGLD,"\nand on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "RGL." The Company's web\npage is located at http://www.royalgold.com.\n\n\n","length":2221,"tagName":"div"}]