Sovereign Gold Company Limited (ASX:SOC) Corporate Advisor Appointment

Sydney, Nov 27, 2013 AEST (ABN Newswire) - Sovereign Gold Company (ASX:SOC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Simon Bird as Corporate Advisor to Sovereign Gold.

Mr Bird will assist the executive team as the company transitions from exploration to development of the company's IRGS projects at Mount Adrah and Uralla NSW.

Michael Leu, CEO said "Simon brings a strong background in corporate finance and strategic planning with established relationships across Australasia and will be a valuable addition to our team as our projects gain traction and momentum".

Mr Bird was also until recently the CEO of King Island Scheelite Ltd which is developing the tungsten mines on King Island in Tasmania. He is currently an Independent Non Executive Director of Mount Gibson Iron and also the Chairman of Rawson Resources Limited and a former director of CPA Australia Limited and Kosciusko Alpine Club Limited.

Mr Bird has over 27 years of international finance experience, including holding the positions of General Manager for Stockland Ltd, CFO of Graincorp and CFO of Wizard Mortgage Corp.

About Sovereign Gold Company Limited

Sovereign Gold Co Ltd (ASX:SOC) is an Australian-based specialist gold exploration company. Sovereign Gold has a portfolio of quality tenements located in Eastern Australia where there is known potential for the occurrence of Intrusion-Related Gold Systems (IRGS). Sovereign Gold has a highly prospective tenement package covering the Rocky River-Uralla Goldfield, 21km southwest of Armidale, NSW, Australia. Sovereign owns the recent Mt Adrah Hobbs IRGS discovery south-east of Wagga Wagga, NSW.

 

Contact

Sovereign Gold Company Limited T: +61-2-9251-7177 F: +61-2-9251-7500 WWW: www.sovereigngold.com.au