North American Gem Inc. Is Contracting the Services of Dean Schafer as Mining Operations Manager
April 16 2009 - 12:15PM
Marketwired
North American Gem Inc. (TSX-V: NAG) (the "Company") is pleased to
announce that it has contracted the services of Mr. Dean Schafer of
33 Materials LLC effective immediately as the Company's mining
operations manager.
Mr. Schafer began his career in coal in 1989 as operations
manager for American Carbon & Metals Inc. In six years with
ACM, he managed coal, coke, minerals, and metal alloys blending and
shipping operations for both domestic and international shipments.
He increased monthly capacity of the shipping facility by over 500%
during his tenure.
In 1995 he joined US Natural Resources Inc. to serve as
assistant mine superintendent for surface coal mining operations of
its sister company. He was primarily responsible for new mine
development and reclamation of mined properties in accordance with
landowner requirements and DEP regulations. He also managed coal
and petroleum coke blending and shipping operations, surface coal
mining operations and outside service contracts as well as special
projects planning and development, land leasing and permitting of
mining operations.
In 2004 Mr. Schafer joined The David Tesone Group where he
managed all phases of daily operations for a group of companies
consisting of surface mining, underground mining, transportation,
material handling, and one coal preparation / processing / blending
company. At David Tesone, he was also responsible for all phases of
logistical planning, budgeting, quality control, inventory
management, customer service, and regulatory compliance with
agencies including Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation, and the Environmental Protection
Agency. Dean's expertise had him involved in all aspects of mining
from land leasing and permitting of mining operations to coal sales
and procurement.
In 2003 Dean began acting on behalf of his own company, 33
Materials LLC, where he is the sole proprietor and founder. 33
Materials is a consulting company assisting mining operations in
business and project development, coal sales and procurement, coal
inventory management and transportation, mining permits,
development, and management. 33 Materials also performs all
logistical planning and inventory management and works with local
and state level economic development agencies.
Under 33 Materials LLC, Mr. Schafer acted as operations manager
for Kriebel Minerals Inc. in budgeting and cost analysis, planning
and supervising all phases of well site development and reclamation
including logistical planning, budgeting, contractor management,
quality and cost control, inventory management, and landowner
relations. Dean also worked closely with regulatory compliance
agencies including the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection, local municipalities, Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation, and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Mr. Schafer's wealth of experience will be an integral part of
North American Gem moving forward in its plan towards being a
potential coal producer. Mr. Schafer will be overseeing all coal
related day-to-day operations including the permitting process,
coal, soil and water analysis, mine plan development and potential
execution which would include coal sales and shipping as well as
overseeing the contractors and engineers on the ground.
Investors are invited to visit the NAG IR Hub at
http://www.agoracom.com/IR/NorthAmericanGem where they can post
questions and receive answers or review questions and answers
already posted by other investors. Alternatively, investors are
able to e-mail all questions and correspondence to NAG@agoracom.com
where they can also request to be added to the investor e-mail list
to receive all future press releases and updates in real time.
North American Gem Inc. (TSX-V: NAG) is a Junior Exploration
Company based in Western Canada. The Company's primary goal is to
explore for Coal in North America, currently the focus is in
Saskatchewan and West Virginia. In addition to Coal exploration,
the Company also has interests in Uranium, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum
and other base metals in Canada. The Company has advanced the
Louise Lake Copper-Gold-Molybdenum-Silver project, located in
British Columbia and has produced a NI 43-101 compliant resource
estimate (included in its NI 43-101 Technical Report dated July 14,
2006 and updated February 6, 2009, as filed on SEDAR). The Uranium
projects include the Whiskey Gap and Western Basin in Alberta, the
Mosquito Gulch property in the Northwest Territories and the Ranger
Lake Uranium property in Ontario.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
NORTH AMERICAN GEM INC.
"Charles Desjardins"
Charles Desjardins
President and Director
"Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of
this release."
Cautionary note:
This report contains forward-looking statements. Resource
estimates, unless specifically noted, are considered speculative.
Any and all other resource or reserve estimates are historical in
nature, and should not be relied upon. By their nature,
forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties because
they relate to events and depend on factors that will or may occur
in the future. Actual results may vary depending upon exploration
activities, industry production, commodity demand and pricing,
currency exchange rates, and, but not limited to, general economic
factors. Cautionary Note to US investors: The U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission specifically prohibits the use of certain
terms, such as "reserves" unless such figures are based upon actual
production or formation tests and can be shown to be economically
and legally producible under existing economic and operating
conditions.
North American Gem Inc. 430 - 609 Granville Street Vancouver,
BC, Canada V7Y 1G5 Phone 604-683-5445 Facsimile 604-687-9631
info@northamericangem.com www.northamericangem.com TSX-Venture:
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