February 9, 2009
ATW Gold Corp, (ATW: TSX-V), (“ATW” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that Graham Harris has been appointed as Chairman and David Stone has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of the Company.
Mr. Harris is one of the founders of the Company, being involved since inception and subsequent IPO in November of 2006. He has been an integral part of the acquisitions made to date and is committed to building a mid-tier gold producer. Mr. Harris has over 18 years of experience in the finance industry as a former Senior Vice President and Director at Canaccord Capital Corp. from 1999 to 2004. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and Director of Yorkton Securities. Mr. Harris has raised over $100 million for public and private companies in both the resource and high tech segments of capital markets. Mr. Harris obtained his BA in Economics from the University of British Columbia, Canada in 1986.
Dr. Stone has 30 years of engineering and financial consulting experience to underground and surface metal mines worldwide. He has managed and led multidisciplinary project teams through pre-feasibility and feasibility level evaluations of development stage projects, and has contributed to the engineering, design and construction of several mines. Dr. Stone received his B.Sc. in Geological Engineering from UBC and went on to complete a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Queen’s University at Kingston where he returned in 2002 to complete an MBA. He is a licensed professional engineer in numerous Canadian and US jurisdictions.
The Company would also like to report the grant of 1,012,000 incentive stock options to certain directors, officers and members of the Company’s management and operations team at a price of $0.70 exercisable for a 5 year period.
Brent Butler, president commented “The Board of Directors are very pleased that Graham Harris and David Stone have agreed to take executive positions and further commit to the Company’s growth. The merger of financial and technical acumen will allow us to accelerate our goal of becoming a mid-tier gold production company.”
To find out more about ATW Gold Corp., please contact investor relations at 604-662-8184 or email investor@atwgold.com. You may also visit our website at www.atwgold.com.
ATW GOLD CORP.
“Brent Butler”
Brent Butler
President & CEO
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