David Gower Joins Knight's Board of Directors Friday August 3, 4:44 pm ET
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(MARKET WIRE)--Aug 3, 2007 -- Mr. David Patterson, Chairman of Knight Resources Ltd. (CDNX:KNP.V - News)(Frankfurt:KRL.F - News), reports the appointment of Mr. David Gower to the Company's Board of Directors. ADVERTISEMENT
Mr. Gower worked for Falconbridge Limited and Noranda Inc. (now Xstrata) for over 20 years, most recently as General Manager of Global Nickel and PGM Exploration for Falconbridge and as a member of the senior operating team for the Nickel Business.
At Falconbridge, Mr. Gower was responsible for all brownfield and greenfield nickel exploration programs world wide and provided the geological support for mining project development. He led a Falconbridge exploration team that had one of the strongest discovery records in the nickel industry over the past few years, including brownfield discoveries at Raglan and Sudbury and greenfield discoveries on the Araguaia Project in Brazil and significant increases in resources at Kabanga in Tanzania. Prior to working in the nickel business, Mr. Gower was the General Manager of Copper and Zinc Exploration - Northern Hemisphere and Australasia for Noranda Inc., and was part of the discovery team of the Perseverance Deposit currently being developed by Xstrata in Matagami and the Duck Pond Deposit being developed by Aur Resources in Newfoundland. Two of Mr. Gower's exploration teams have been awarded the prestigious "Prospector of the Year Award" by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. Mr. Gower's appointment to the Board of Directors of Knight Resources Ltd. follows the resignation of Mr. Laurie Sadler from the Board of Directors.
In conjunction with his appointment, Mr. Gower has been granted 250,000 stock options at $0.70 per share exercisable for a period of two years.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF KNIGHT RESOURCES LTD.
David Patterson, Chairman
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