VANCOUVER, March 8 /CNW/ - Starfire Minerals Inc. (the "Company") is pleased to announce that Mr. Philip J. Rush, P. Geo. has agreed to join the Company as the Qualified Person as that term is defined in National Instrument 43-101 and has been appointed a Director. He has also agreed to engage his services as a contractor/consultant to the Company and among other matters will oversee the Company's exploration projects throughout Canada. Mr. Freeman Smith has resigned his position as Director as Mr. Rush will be assuming that role.
Philip J. Rush P. Geo. received a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia in 1970. He joined The International Nickel Company of Canada Limited (later, Inco Limited) in the Mines Exploration Department at Thompson Manitoba in 1970 and became Mine Geologist, Thompson Mine in 1974.
In 1976, Mr. Rush was assigned to Inco's U.S. exploration subsidiary, American Copper & Nickel Company, Inc., in Spokane, Washington where he was Exploration Manager, Northwest District, from 1980 thru 1991. During this period, he conceived, executed, and managed in-house and joint venture exploration programs for sedimentary exhalative lead-zinc, volcanogenic massive sulphide copper-lead-zinc, uranium, nickel and gold deposits in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
In 1991 Mr. Rush was appointed Exploration Manager, Western North America for Inco Exploration and Technical Services in Vancouver, British Columbia. His area of responsibility included western Canada and the western United States. In 1997, Mr. Rush was elected President of American Copper & Nickel Company, Inc., a post that he held until 2005.
In 1997, Mr. Rush was appointed Director of Exploration, North America, Inco Technical Services Limited in Mississauga, Ontario. Subsequent responsibilities as Director included worldwide field exploration, Manitoba and Ontario Division exploration, and exploration administration. He retired from Inco in January, 2005.
Mr. Rush's expertise is in prospect evaluations and mineral property agreements. He has managed or directed exploration projects in Canada, the United States, Turkey, Peru, Brazil and Australia. He is experienced in property and joint venture negotiations with individuals, Alaska Native Corporations, junior and major domestic and foreign mining companies.
He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC and is a former trustee of the Northwest Mining Association.
Starfire Minerals Inc. welcomes Mr. Rush to the Company and also extends its appreciation and thanks to Mr. Freeman Smith for his services and contributions to the Company for many years.
About Starfire:
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Starfire Minerals Inc. includes uranium, nickel and precious & base metal divisions with eleven Canadian properties in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia.
A drilling program is currently underway on the Company's 100% owned Langmuir South Nickel Property in Timmins Ont. The Company is continuing with a 10,000 meter drill program as a follow up to the high grade intersection reported in news releases of January 2, 2007 and January 3, 2007. Drill results will be released as completed.
Planning is underway to continue work on the Company's Porphyry Pearl Gold Copper Property in the Toodoggone region of North-Central B.C. The Toodoggone Mineral Belt hosts several large Porphyry copper/gold reserves and has several epithermal high grade Gold silver deposits that have been mined or are being mined. An updated 43-101 report is being completed by Dr. Nick Carter Ph.D. P. Eng., the Qualified Person for this property, and is anticipated to be released near the end of March or early April 2007. (Please refer to the news release of January 9, 2007). Budgetary expenditure estimates for this project will be provided after the completion of the 43-101 report.
Progress has also been made on the Company's Cross-Structure Uranium Property 700 miles east of Montreal, Que. Follow-up exploration and drilling is planned this Spring on this property as a result of encouraging Uranium showings delineated from its Airborne Radiometric and Magnetic survey and ground work completed in the fall of 2005 and 2006. (See news release of December 11, 2006)
The Company has also completed Airborne Radiometric and Magnetic Surveys, on the Capri, Stobie Lake, Montreal River, and Montreal River North properties by Terraquest Ltd. (www.terraquest.ca). (The Cross-Structure airborne survey was completed last year). Results from these surveys are being analyzed to allow the Company to prioritize prospective targets on these properties.
All exploration and development work is being subcontracted to experienced contractors with proven track records, the necessary equipment and qualified personnel.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF STARFIRE MINERALS INC.
"Dan Mosher"
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Dan Mosher
President/CEO