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Latin American Minerals Strengthens Board With New Directors
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - July 13, 2016) - NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. Latin American Miner
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[{"type":"text","content":"TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - July 13, 2016) - NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. Latin American Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:LAT) (the \"Company\") announces the appointment of two additional directors; Richard Patricio and Stephen Keith. Both new directors have extensive capital market and management experience in the resource and mining sectors. Richard Patricio is President and Chief Executive Officer of Mega Uranium Ltd. (since February 2015), having been its Executive Vice President since 2005. Until recently, Richard was Chief Executive Officer of Pinetree Capital Ltd. (since February 2015). He joined Pinetree Capital Ltd. in November 2005 as Vice President, Corporate and Legal Affairs. Richard previously worked as in-house General Counsel for a senior TSX-listed manufacturing company. Prior to that, Mr. Patricio practiced law at Osler LLP in Toronto where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, securities law and general corporate transactions. Richard has built a number of mining companies with global operations and has held senior officer and director positions in several companies listed on stock exchanges in Toronto, Australia, London and New York. Richard received his law degree from Osgoode Hall and was called to the Ontario bar in 2000. Stephen Keith has almost 20 years of experience in the natural resources sector, with a specific focus on Latin America, mining and finance. Stephen has worked in the industry as a geological engineer, investment banker and as an executive and board member for public and private companies. He has experience with projects and finance in over 30 countries, having been involved in more than $2 billion in resource financing and has built projects and companies from the ground up, including Rio Verde Minerals Development Corp., a company that Stephen co-founded, financed, listed on the TMX and then eventually sold to one of Brazil's leading private equity firms. Stephen is presently the Managing Director of Fertoz Ltd., a phosphate developer listed on the ASX (ASX:FTZ) and a member of the Board of Directors of Aura Minerals (TSX:ORA). He is a Professional Engineer and holds an International MBA with a specialization in South America. Basil Botha, Chairman and CEO commented: \"The appointment of Richard and Stephen rounds out the bo...