SYMC Announces Changes to the Board of Directors
June 28, 2006 - SYMC Resources Limited ("SYMC" or the “Company”) (TSX-V: SY) is pleased to announce that at its annual general meeting held on June 24, 2006, Messrs. Herbert McMaster, A. David Long, Mark Brown and Jeremy Link were re-elected as directors of the Company and Messrs. Len DeMelt and Craig Williams, P. Geo. were elected as new directors of the Company. The Company also announces that Mr. Sylvester Tresierra, one of the Company's founders has retired as a director of the Company but will remain a consultant and will be appointed as the local Port Alberni representative to the Company's newly formed advisory board.
Mr. Herbert McMaster, President and CEO stated: "The Company's board of directors and shareholders wish to thank Mr. Tresierra for his many years of service and contribution as a director of the Company. We are pleased that we are still able to seek Mr. Tresierra's guidance on the development of our Port Alberni properties. We are very excited to welcome Mr. Len DeMelt and Craig Williams to the board of directors. Both of them are geologists with substantial mineral development experience and we expect they will be a tremendous resource as we move forward in our exploration plan. We have strengthened our board considerably, and these additions give us the dept to seek additional resource properties to expand our portfolio."
Mr. De Melt has held management positions with twelve mining companies internationally, and was instrumental in starting and building six mines, including Gulf Oil's Rabbit Lake Mine (uranium), Syncrude Mine (oilsands), Denison Mines Quintette (coal), Homestake's Golden Bear Mine (gold), BHP's Etaki Mine (diamonds) and Goldust's Croiner Mine (gold). He is also a Director of several public and private mining companies including Acero-Martin Exploration Inc., Ballad Gold & Silver Ltd., Canadian Shield Resources Inc., and Grenville Gold Corp. and was a director of Vena Resources Inc. and Norsemont Mining Inc. Mr. DeMelt is well-known within the mining industry and brings nearly 30 years of project management and mine development experience to the Company.
Mr. Craig Williams has a Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of Saskatchewan and is registered as a Professional Geologist (P.Geol.) in the Province of Alberta. Mr. Williams has spent the last five years providing independent geological management and consulting services that focus primarily on exploration project planning and execution. Mr. Williams is currently under contract to a major oilsands producer where he is a Project Supervisor responsible for exploration programs with budgets in excess of $10 million.
About SYMC
SYMC is an active gold exploration company which owns three mineral properties in B.C. and is currently exploring them for gold, silver, copper, and molybdenum. The Macktush property has NI 43-101 compliant indicated mineral resources which the Company is working to expand. Details of these resources and targets are documented in the 2005 Technical Report available for viewing on the Company’s website at http://www.symc.ca.
Signed "Herbert McMaster"
Herbert McMaster, President
For further information contact:
Herbert McMaster, President
Tel: (604) 723-7027
Or
Mark T. Brown, CFO
Tel: (604) 687-3520
