Western Warrior Appoints New President and Chief Executive Offic
Tuesday 4th March, 2008
Western Warrior Appoints New
President and Chief Executive Officer
Calgary, Alberta (TSX Venture: WWR), March 4,
2008 -- Western Warrior Resources Inc. ("Western Warrior") is pleased
to announce that Paul Nagerl has been appointed President and Chief Executive
Officer of Western Warrior. Grant Hall has been appointed Vice President,
Corporate Development of Western Warrior.
Mr. Nagerl has demonstrated a unique ability to recognize new opportunities
generating projects and establishing solid exploration teams in South and
Central America and Scandinavia with a track
record for assembling impressive property portfolios that extends over 20
years.
Most recently, Paul Nagerl was Vice President, Exploration of Blackstone
Ventures where he was focused on Blackstone's Scandinavian projects. Mr. Nagerl
developed and managed local business units in Norway and Sweden while
proceeding with the overall supervision and implementation of ongoing projects
leading to the discovery of a VMS belt and nickel deposit within the largest
exploration property portfolio in those countries. He received his Hons. B.S.
Geo. and his M.S. Geo. from Carleton
University and is a
member of the PDAC and APGO.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Nagerl worked on the development of a regional
project portfolio and management of advanced exploration projects for a nickel
laterite deposit in Guatemala
leading to a resource estimate and culminating in the sale of all assets to BHP
Billiton. He established Falconbridge Brazil Ltda. for exploration within South
America and successfully implemented PGE, Ni and Cu-Au projects focused in Brazil which
led to the discovery of a new nickel laterite belt. His exploration experience
extends to South Africa and
includes being part of the team that discovered the William
Lake Ni
sulphide deposit in Canada.
Mr. Allan Dolan, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Western Warrior,
commented, "We are very pleased that Mr. Nagerl will be joining Western
Warrior and look forward to benefiting from his extensive mineral experience in
strategic development, project review and project management". In
connection with his appointment, Western Warrior has granted Mr. Nagerl options
to acquire 1,000,000 common shares of Western Warrior at an exercise price of
$0.25 per share until March 4, 2013. The options vest as to one-quarter thereof
on each of the six, 12, 18 and 24 month dates from the date of the grant.
About Western Warrior: Western Warrior is a Calgary-based,
multi-commodity, mineral exploration company with 100% ownership of properties
in Northwestern Ontario, Northern Manitoba, and Valdez, Alaska,
encompassing a total area of more than 402,700 hectares (4,027 km2). Western
Warrior's website address is www.westernwarrior.ca
For further information please contact:
Western Warrior Resources Inc.
Grant Hall, Vice President, Corporate Development
Phone: (403) 543-2595
Fax: (403) 543-2599
Email: Grant@westernwarrior.ca
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