Rye Patch Gold Appoints CFO
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/12/11 -- Rye Patch Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE: RPM)(OTCQX: RPMGF) ('Rye Patch' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Alnesh Mohan as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
Mr. Mohan is a Chartered Accountant and a partner at Quantum Advisory Partners LLP ('Quantum'). Quantum is a chartered accounting firm specializing in providing accounting and financial reporting support to junior resource companies. Mr. Mohan has over 16 years of accounting, auditing and tax experience providing advisory services to a wide array of clients. Prior to joining Quantum, Mr. Mohan spent over a decade working within the Big 4 public accounting firms. Most recently he spent four years with KPMG LLP in Vancouver as a tax manager providing corporate and personal tax consulting and compliance services to clients both in Canada and the United States.
Joe Kajszo, Chairman, is pleased to welcome Mr. Mohan on board, and is stepping down as interim Chief Financial Officer effective immediately, to accommodate this new appointment.
The Company also announces the grant to an officer of the Company, subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval, of an option to purchase 100,000 common shares of Rye Patch at an exercise price of $0.45 per share for a term of five years.
Rye Patch Gold Corp. is exploring well-known mineral trends in Nevada - the world's fourth-richest gold region. Starting with 150,000 inferred ounces of gold in mid-2007, this well-funded Company now has 1.2-million ounces of gold and gold equivalent in the measured and indicated category, plus 2.7-million ounces of gold and gold equivalent in the inferred category. Rye Patch Gold is a Tier 1, Nevada-focused and discovery-driven company seeking to build a sizeable inventory of gold and silver resource assets in the mining friendly state of Nevada, USA. The Company's seasoned management team is engaged in acquisition, exploration and development of quality resource-based gold and silver projects. Rye Patch Gold is developing its primary assets - the advanced-stage Wilco, Lincoln Hill, Jessup, and Gold Ridge projects located along the emerging Oreana gold trend in west-central Nevada. The Company has established gold and silver resource milestones and time frames in order to build a premier resource development company. For more information about Rye Patch Gold, please visit our website at www.ryepatchgold.com.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
William C. (Bill) Howald, CEO & President
This news release contains forward-looking statements, which address future events and conditions, which are subject to various risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual results, programs and financial position could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of numerous factors, some of which may be beyond the Company's control. These factors include: the availability of funds; the timing and content of work programs; results of exploration activities and development of mineral properties, the interpretation of drilling results and other geological data, the uncertainties of resource and reserve estimations, receipt and security of mineral property titles; project cost overruns or unanticipated costs and expenses, fluctuations in metal prices; currency fluctuations; and general market and industry conditions.
Forward-looking statements are based on the expectations and opinions of the Company's management on the date the statements are made. The assumptions used in the preparation of such statements, although considered reasonable at the time of preparation, may prove to be imprecise and, as such, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Contacts:
Rye Patch Gold Corp.
604-638-1588
604-638-1589 (FAX)
info@ryepatchgold.com
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