TORONTO, March 11 /CNW/ - NWT Uranium Corp. (TSXV: NWT; OTCBB: NWURF) (the "Corporation") announces with great pleasure that Mr. David de Jongh Weill has been appointed as the Head of the Corporation's Advisory Board.
Mr. Weill started his professional career with Salomon Brothers in 1983 in derivative products sales and trading. He subsequently became active in proprietary trading for Salomon Brothers in International Fixed Income and Foreign Exchange. He left Salomon in 1989 to develop an international proprietary trading activity with Greenwich Capital Markets. Thereafter, in 1992, Mr. Weill developed his own fund management activity with funds under management growing to over $1.2 billion. From 1998, he has focused on private equity investment, predominantly in natural resource and media and technology companies.
Mr. Weill has acquired considerable experience in proprietary trading in international financial markets, investment management, corporate finance, and corporate governance. He is a founder and partner of Chiliogon Partners LLP and also a non-executive director of Caledon Resources plc. Mr. Weill's corporate and legal experience will be of great value to the Corporation.
Mr. Weill presently holds the following directorships in companies or partnerships:
Chairman Niger Uranium Limited Kalahari Minerals plc Caledon Overseas Holdings Limited Caledon Resources Plc CAN Media Limited Chiliogon Limited Chiliogon Partners LLP Finelot Trading Company Limited Hecta Media Inc. NWT Uranium is a Publicly Traded Mineral Exploration Company and an emerging international exploration company with an experienced management team. The company is focused on mineral resources. Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.