SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Guinness Exploration Inc. ('Guinness' or the 'Company') (BULLETIN BOARD: GNXP) announced today that Mr. John E. Hiner, B.Sc. (geology), M.Sc. (geology), has joined the company to lead geological operations for the Nantawa Project.
Mr. Hiner has over 35 years of experience in resource exploration and management worldwide. He has managed successful exploration, acquisition, and development programs for metals and industrial minerals on four continents. His range of experience includes mineral and petroleum exploration, energy minerals, and geothermal energy development. Mr. Hiner has managed projects from a conceptual exploration stage to positive feasibility and finance level studies on proven deposits in South America, North America, and Africa. As both geologist and manager, Mr. Hiner has held positions of increasing responsibility with a variety of companies, ranging in size from multinational Phillips Petroleum Company to both Canadian and American junior companies and has several years experience in running publicly traded companies.
Mr. Hiner is involved in both the mining industry and the community. He belongs to several industry trade organizations comprising a spectrum of energy and mining groups, and is involved in local volunteer activities through church and benevolent organizations. Mr. Hiner has published through the auspices of the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, the Northwest Mining Association, and various trade journals.
CEO Alastair Brown commented, "We're very pleased to announce our hiring of John Hiner. This completes another major step in our development plans for Nantawa. John brings substantial ability and experience to the Nantawa Project and he'll be joining us immediately to build our geological team. We also expect to benefit from John's public company experience and, in addition to his geological duties, his role with the Company includes the positions of Vice President, and Secretary and Treasurer."
About Guinness Exploration
Guinness Exploration Inc. trades on the OTC-BB under the symbol GNXP. The Company was incorporated in Nevada in 2006 and incorporated its subsidiary Nantawa Resources Inc. in Yukon, Canada in 2009. In November 2009, Guinness acquired mineral claims for the Mount Nansen and the Tawa gold and silver exploration properties (collectively the 'Nantawa Project') in the Yukon and is now developing an exploration program for the properties. The claims consist of 203 full or fractional claims with a total area of 3,136.43 square hectares located in the South Central part of the Yukon, 180 km Northwest of Whitehorse and 60 km west of the Village of Carmacks.
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