Great Western Minerals Group appoints mining industry accounting professional to Board
SASKATOON, Jan. 14, 2013 /CNW/ - Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. ("GWMG" or the "Company", TSX:V - GWG) today announced it has appointed Lenard Boggio, B.A., B.Comm., FCA, CPA (Illinois), ICD.D, to the Board of Directors, subject to regulatory approval. The appointment is effective immediately.
Mr. Boggio was a Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PwC") and its predecessor firm Coopers & Lybrand from 1988 until his retirement from PwC in May 2012. During that time, he was Leader of the B.C. Mining Group of PwC and an audit practitioner for publicly listed Canadian, U.S. and U.K. mineral resource and energy clients. The scope of his clients' activities included exploration, development and production stage operations in the Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia.
Mr. Boggio holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Windsor, Ontario, he has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia since 1985 and was awarded the Fellow Chartered Accountant designation for distinguished service to the accounting profession and the community in 2007. Mr. Boggio earned his CPA designation in Illinois in 1999 and is a Member of the State Boards of Accountancy in Illinois and Washington State. He has also been a Member of the Institute of Corporate Directors since 2010, earning his ICD.D designation in 2012.
After many years as a professional advisor to mining companies, he has more recently been serving as a Director and Audit Chair for Blue Gold Mining Inc., Goldgroup Mining Inc. and Sprott Resource Corp.
His numerous avenues of professional involvement include roles as a Board Member and Vice-Chair of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, Commissioner of the Financial Institutions Commission of B.C., a Member of the Ontario Securities Commission's Continuous Disclosure Advisory Committee and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C. Technical Forum that advised the B.C. Securities Commission and TSX Venture Exchange on policy and interpretation issues.
GWMG President and Chief Executive Officer Marc LeVier said, "GWMG is exceptionally pleased to announce the appointment of yet another independent Director with significant experience in the mining industry. Mr. Boggio's expertise as a professional advisor to mining companies, alongside his thorough knowledge of regulatory and public reporting issues, will be very valuable to GWMG as our Company continues to become a fully integrated rare earth producer. We look forward to his contribution to our Company's success."
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