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VANCOUVER, June 28 /CNW/ - Emgold Mining Corporation (EMR - TSX Venture)
(the "Company" or "Emgold") is pleased to announce the results of its Annual
General Meeting held in Vancouver on June 22, 2006. All resolutions proposed
were passed. Included in the resolutions passed were the election of six
directors to the Board including two new independent members. The Board of
Directors elected for the coming year are: Sargent H. Berner, John King Burns,
Robin A. W. Elliott, Joel D. Schneyer, William J. Witte and Kenneth R.
Yurichuk. Mr. Elliott and Mr. Yurichuk are newly elected members to the
Company's Board of Directors. We wish to thank Mr. Frank A. Lang and Mr. Ross
Guenther for their many years of dedication and commitment to the Company as
they step down as members of the Board of Directors.
Following the completion of the formal proceedings of the meeting, a
presentation was given outlining the activities of the past fiscal year and
the outlook for the coming year. These include further exploration, permitting
and feasibility work on the Idaho-Maryland Mine in Grass Valley, California
and the commercialization of the Ceramext(TM) technology which produces high
quality ceramic building materials from a wide range of waste materials. The
presentation is available for viewing on the Company's web site at
www.emgold.com.
Emgold would like to welcome Mr. Kenneth R. Yurichuk, CA to the Company's
Board of Directors. Mr. Yurichuk is a Chartered Accountant and senior partner
in the public accounting firm Bobot & Yurichuk LLP, Chartered Accountants,
Toronto. Mr. Yurichuk has been in public practice for over 30 years and has
served as both director and officer of private and publicly-traded
corporations involved in a wide range of businesses including mining, real
estate development, investment and manufacturing. In addition Mr. Yurichuk is
a director of Mavrix Fund Management Inc. and served as a director and officer
of the General Partners for several Contrarian Resource Fund Limited
Partnerships and Mavrix Fund Limited Partnerships. Mr. Yurichuk holds a B.Com
degree as well as the CA designation.
Emgold would also like to welcome Robin A. W. Elliott, FCA to the
Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Elliott is a Senior Partner at Manning
Elliott LLP, Chartered Accountants and has been with the firm since 1975.
Mr. Elliott has more than thirty years of accounting experience, primarily
with small to medium-sized, owner-managed businesses and family holding and
investment companies. Over the years, he has been on several committees
related to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia,
including the Discipline Tribunal, Professional Liability Task Force, FCA
Nominating, Regulatory Policy, Professional Development, and is a past
President (2003) of the Institute. He is currently a member of a National
Committee for professional liability insurance and was elected a Fellow in
1991. He is also a member of the Trust and Estate Practitioners Society, the
Canadian Tax Foundation and the Institute of Corporate Directors (and is on
the executive of the BC chapter). Mr. Elliott has completed the Simon Fraser
Public Companies course and is a director of several private companies and
charitable organizations. He received his Chartered Accountant designation in
1969, and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British
Columbia (1965).
The senior management of Emgold looks forward to drawing on Mr. Yurichuk
and Mr. Elliott's respective areas of expertise as the process of bringing the
Idaho-Maryland Gold Mine into production and commercializing the Ceramext(TM)
technology which, converts mine and other waste materials to high quality
ceramic building materials are advanced to successful commercial operations.
Subsequent to the Annual General Meeting, the Board of Directors met and
appointed the following officers President and CEO, William J. Witte, P.Eng.;
Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, Ms. Shannon Ross, CA; Vice
President, Project Development, Ian Chang, P.Eng.; Vice President, Operations,
David Watkinson, P.Eng. and Vice President, Engineering and Construction,
David Sinitsin, P.Eng.
John King Burns was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors
(non-executive). Board Committees were appointed and include the Audit
Committee (Mr. Robin Elliott, Chair), Corporate Governance and Compensation
(Mr. Sargent Berner, Chair), and the Environmental Health and Safety Committee
(Mr. William J. Witte, Chair).
For more information about Emgold, the Stewart, Rozan and Jazz Properties
in British Columbia, the Idaho-Maryland Project and Golden Bear Ceramics
Company and the Ceramext(TM) Process, please visit www.emgold.com or
www.sedar.com.
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On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
William J. (Bill) Witte, P.Eng.
President and Chief Executive Officer
No regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information
contained in this news release.
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