Coalspur Mines Limited (ASX:CPL) Appoints Mr David Leslie As Vice President Of Technical Services
Perth, May 18, 2010 AEST (ABN Newswire) - Coalspur Mines Limited (
ASX:CPL) (PINK:CSPZF) is pleased to advise that it has further strengthened its management team with the appointment of Mr David Leslie as Vice President, Technical Services.
Mr Leslie is a Geological Engineer and is registered as a Professional Engineer (Mining) in the province of Alberta, Canada. He brings to Coalspur a mining career spanning over twenty years of experience in the coal and oilsands mining industry. Mr Leslie most recently was working with Teck Resources (NYSE:TCK) as Manager of Mining Engineering. Prior to that Mr Leslie has worked with AMEC Consulting (LON: AMEC) (Principal Mining Engineer), Synenco Energy (Manager, Mine Engineering), Elk Valley Coal and Fording Coal.
As Vice President, Technical Services Mr Leslie will be responsible for all phases of exploration, geology and mine engineering in the development of the Hinton Coal Project. Mr Leslie will be based out of the Calgary office.
The Company's Managing Director and CEO, Mr Gene Wusaty, said "We are very pleased that Dave has agreed to join the Company as an executive at this critical stage of the Company's development. His technical mining experience is a key link for the requirements of our growing management team."
Mr Leslie is expected to formally commence his role with the Company on June 1, 2010.
About Coalspur Mines Limited
Coalspur Mines Limited (ASX:CPL) (TSE:CPT) is a coal development company with approximately 55,000 hectares of coal leases located within the Hinton region of Alberta, Canada. Coalspur's flagship project is Vista, which covers approximately 10,000 hectares and provides a large scale, surface mineable, thermal coal development. Vista is located adjacent to CN Rail's main line, which is suitable for the transport of coal to deepwater ports on Canada's west coast. Coalspur has secured a port allocation agreement with Ridley Terminals Inc., which is essential to the logistics supply chain necessary to export coal from Vista to the growing demand from the Asia Pacific countries.
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