Entrée Gold Appoints Mr. Alan Edwards
to the Board of Directors
Vancouver, B.C., March 10, 2011 – Entrée Gold Inc. (TSX:ETG; NYSE Amex:EGI; Frankfurt:EKA – “Entrée” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the addition of Mr. Alan Edwards to its Board of Directors.
Mr. Edwards has 28 years of diverse mining industry experience. He is a graduate of the University of Arizona, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mining Engineering and an MBA (Finance). Mr. Edwards is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Copper One Inc. (TSXV: CUO), a Vancouver based exploration company with projects in Val d’Or Quebec, Arizona and New Mexico. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Frontera Copper Corporation, and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Apex Silver Mines Corporation, where he directed the engineering, construction and development of the San Cristobal project in Bolivia. Mr. Edwards has also worked for Kinross Gold Corporation, P.T. Freeport Indonesia, Cyprus Amax Minerals Company and Phelps Dodge Mining Company, where he started his career.
Entrée’s Chairman, James Harris, commented, “Alan has extensive engineering, construction and operational experience in various jurisdictions around the world. His skills complement those of the existing Board members, and his breadth of knowledge will be valuable to Entrée as it advances its current projects and looks for new opportunities.”
ABOUT ENTRÉE GOLD INC.
Entrée Gold Inc. is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on the worldwide exploration and development of copper and gold prospects. The Company’s flagship Lookout Hill property in Mongolia completely surrounds Oyu Tolgoi LLC’s 8,500-hectare Oyu Tolgoi project. A portion of the Lookout Hill property is subject to a joint venture with Oyu Tolgoi LLC, a subsidiary of Ivanhoe Mines and the Government of Mongolia. The joint venture property hosts the Hugo North Extension copper-gold deposit and the Heruga copper-gold-molybdenum deposit. Excellent exploration potential remains on the joint venture property for the discovery of additional mineralized zones.
In North America, the Company is exploring for porphyry-related copper systems in Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico. The primary asset is the Ann Mason property in Nevada, which contains an inferred mineral resource and considerable potential for additional targets.
The Company is also seeking additional opportunities to utilize its expertise in exploring for deep and/or concealed ore deposits. Rio Tinto and Ivanhoe Mines are major shareholders of Entrée, holding approximately 13% and 12% of issued and outstanding shares, respectively.
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