A little more on Silvertz
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Feb 06, 2012 07:42PM
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This is an old news release from another company, but it gives a little more info on our new geo we got today. There was also a Noranda Exploration that had claims down my way in the ,80,s. VANCOUVER, Canada, March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Norsemont Mining Inc. ("Norsemont" or "the Company") (TSX-V: NOM; Frankfurt: N8S; WKN: A0DQKK; OTC-BB: NOMFF) is pleased to announce that George Sivertz, B.Sc. P. Geo., was recently retained by Norsemont to join its dynamic exploration team. Mr. Sivertz will oversee the assessment and exploration of the Amata Silver-Gold-Copper Project in southern Peru. Mr. Sivertz and Tom Henricksen, Chief Geologist of Norsemont are currently on site at the Amata project outlining our upcoming exploration and drilling programs. After completing a recent $14 million financing, Norsemont has sufficient funds to complete the programs. "I am excited to be joining Norsemont's professional exploration team in southern Peru, one of the best places in the world to find new mines," said Mr. Sivertz. "Norsemont is pleased to be able to attract some of the most talented geologists in the field. We look forward to George developing our exploration programs for Amata, and achieving the same level of success we've had at our Constancia Project," said Marc E. Levy, President and CEO of Norsemont Mining Inc. Mr. Sivertz has worked for more than 30 years as an exploration geologist and project manager throughout the Americas. Mr Sivertz is a Senior Geologist with OreQuest Consultants Ltd, a well-regarded Vancouver firm. Since joining OreQuest in 1994, he has been exploring in Latin America for various clients, primarily in Peru. He has significant experience with epithermal gold, porphyry copper-molybdenum, and skarn deposits in many districts of Peru. After taking a degree in Honours Geology from the University of British Columbia in 1976, Mr. Sivertz began his career with Noranda Exploration in North-western BC. He later worked for various companies exploring for silver and gold in the Yukon and in the Toodoggone River district in BC. He gained important experience with Hunter Dickinson Inc at the Mt. Milligan and Prosperity copper-gold porphyry deposits in BC. In 1994, he explored north western Mexico for Glamis Gold.