Focus Appoints Technical Advisor and New Director
December 18 2013 - 8:30AM
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Focus Appoints Technical Advisor and New Director
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Dec 18, 2013) -
Focus Ventures Ltd. (TSX-VENTURE:FCV) is pleased to announce the
following appointments to its Technical Advisory Board and Board of
Directors.
The Company has appointed Mr. Absalón Aguilar Lagos as a
Consultant to its Peruvian subsidiary, Agrifos Peru S.A.C. Mr.
Aguilar, a Peruvian National, is a highly respected geological
engineer with extensive experience in the Bayovar phosphate
district where he has worked since 1964 in various roles for
public, private and government companies, with special expertise in
phosphate processing and metallurgy. From 2001 - 2007 he acted as
General Manager for Minera Regional Grau Bayovar and Activos
Mineros, both Peruvian State Companies responsible for the
successful privatization of the Bayovar non-metallic mining
District including Vale's Bayovar Mine and Fosfatos del Pacifico's
Bayovar 9 project. Most recently, Mr. Aguila acted as an advisor to
Fosfatos during the exploration phase.
Mr. Ralph Rushton, the Company's Vice-President, Corporate
Development, has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Mr.
Rushton will continue in his current capacity with responsibility
for marketing of the Company's phosphate assets. Mr. Rushton holds
a B.Sc. in geology from Portsmouth University in the UK, a Master's
degree in economic geology from the University of Alberta, and a
Certificate in Business Communications from Simon Fraser
University. He has over 25 years' experience in mining and
exploration, much of which was gained working as a geologist in
Southern Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. For the last
10 years he has worked in business development and investor
relations for a number of junior companies and currently serves as
a director on the boards of Radius Gold Inc., Cordoba Minerals
Corp., Rackla Metals Inc., Medgold Resources Corp and Western
Pacific Resources Corp.
In addition, the Company has granted stock options to its
directors, officers and employees to purchase up to a total of
2,360,000 shares of the Company exercisable for ten years at a
price of $0.22 per share.
About Focus Ventures
Phosphate rock is a raw material for fertilizers and vital to
world food production. Focus is acquiring and developing quality
phosphate projects in Latin America where the discovery and
development of new deposits is becoming increasingly important
given the growing demand and limited local supply of phosphate for
fertilizer production. For further information, please call
604-688-5288 or visit
our web site www.focusventuresltd.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
David Cass, President
Neither the
TSX Venture Exchange nor the Investment Industry Regulatory
Organization of Canada accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
Forward-Looking
Statement
Some of the
statements in this news release contains forward-looking
information that involves inherent risk and uncertainty affecting
the business of Focus Ventures Ltd. Actual results may differ
materially from those currently anticipated in such
statement.
Focus Ventures Ltd.Ralph Rushton(604) 688-5288(604)
682-1514info@focusventuresltd.comwww.focusventuresltd.com
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