June 3, 2004
Lincoln Gold Announces Appointment of Vice President of Exploration
VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA - June 3, 2004 - LINCOLN GOLD CORP. (the "Company") announces that the Company has appointed Jeffrey L. Wilson, PGeo as Vice President of Exploration.
Mr. Wilson has twenty-three years of professional exploration experience in the United States, Mexico and Central America, with emphasis on gold. He served as Director of Exploration for Echo Bay Exploration Inc. for eleven years, first in western U.S. - with substantial direct experience in Nevada; later in Mexico and Central America. He earlier served as Exploration Manager, Western U.S., with Tenneco Minerals Company, with most projects in Nevada.
During his career, Mr. Wilson has been directly responsible for exploration programs resulting in the discovery of multiple gold deposits and reserves, including Paredones Amarillos (Mexico; 1.5 million ounces gold), Dolores (Mexico; 1.4 million ounces gold plus 70 million ounces silver), Zopolite (Honduras; .4 million ounces gold), Cove (Nevada; 3.6 million ounces gold and 153 million ounces silver) and also discovered significant gold reserves in Nevada and California at the Borealis, Pan, Three Hills, Radcliff, Illipah, McCoy, and Easy Junior mines.
The management team now includes:
Andrew F. B. Milligan, MBE, Chairman and Director
Mr. Andrew Milligan is the Company's Chairman of the Board and a director. Mr. Milligan is a business executive who has concentrated on mining ventures over the past 25 years. From 1984 to 1986 he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Glamis Gold Ltd., a New York Stock Exchange-listed gold production company (NYSE: "GLG"). In November 1986 he was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Cornucopia Resources Ltd. In 1998 and 1999 Cornucopia disposed of its gold mining interests and subsequently merged with three other companies to form Quest Investment Corporation. Mr. Milligan was a director of Quest until June, 2003. He is currently a director of several mining companies trading on both the American Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange.
Paul F. Saxton, P. Eng., President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
Paul Saxton is a mining engineer who also holds an MBA from the University of Western Ontario. He has been active in the mining industry since 1969, holding various positions including mining engineer, mine superintendent, and President and CEO of numerous Canadian mining companies. Following 10 years with Cominco, Paul became Vice President and President of Mascot Gold Mines Ltd., initially working on the design and construction of the Nickel Plate gold mine in BC. Subsequently Paul became a Vice-President of Corona Corporation where he was responsible for western operations and exploration for the company and was instrumental in the re-opening of the Nickel Plate Mine. In 1989, Paul was appointed Senior Vice President of Viceroy Resource Corporation where he was responsible for obtaining financing and the construction and operation of the Castle Mountain mine in California. As President of Loki Gold Corporation and Baja Gold Inc, Paul was responsible for arranging over $45 million in mine financing and bringing the Brewery Creek Gold mine into production. Following his departure from Viceroy in 1998, Paul became President of Standard Mining Corp., organizing the company and supervising its exploration activities until 2001, when Standard Mining Corp. was merged with Doublestar Resources Ltd.
James A. Currie, P. Eng., Director
Mr. Currie is the President of Luzon Minerals Ltd. and is a mining engineer with more than 24 years experience in the industry, having worked in operations and development in Canada, the United States and S.E. Asia. Early in his career he worked for such major companies as Placer-Dome, Noranda and Fording Coal. In recent years, he has worked as a senior executive for a number of junior exploration and development companies including: Queenstake Resources Ltd., Galactic Resources Ltd., Cornucopia Resources Ltd., and most recently, Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., where he was responsible for Ivanhoe's activities in Myanmar and was a member of the Board of Directors of Myanmar Ivanhoe Copper Company Ltd. Mr. Currie is also Vice-President of Behre Dolbear and Company Ltd., the Canadian arm of Behre Dolbear and Company Inc., an international minerals consultancy based out of Denver, Colorado. In his capacity with Behre Dolbear, Mr. Currie has acted as Project Manager and as a "Qualified Person" on a number of reports submitted to the TSE and TSX Venture exchanges.
James Chapman, P. Geo., Director
Mr. Chapman graduated from UBC in 1976 with a B.SC. Geology degree and has focused on mineral exploration primarily for junior mining companies and consulting groups. This experience has incorporated all aspects of the industry from property evaluation, project generation through implementation and report preparation for owners, clients and regulatory authorities. Since 1982 he has operated as an independent consulting geologist on projects including precious and base metals, uranium, diamonds and phosphate, from reconnaissance level projects to deposit definition drill programs. He is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument Policy 43-101.
This appointment to the management team augments the strong engineering and geological expertise for Lincoln's gold exploration focus in Nevada.
The Company is pleased to have Mr. Wilson, with his vast experience in mining and knowledge of Nevada, join the Lincoln team. He will bring a wealth of expertise to the Company
LINCOLN GOLD CORP.
/s/ "Paul Saxton"
Paul Saxton,
President
For more information contact:
Investor Relations: 800-689-1659
www.lincolngold.com
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