CARSON CITY, Nev., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Geneva Resources, Inc.'s ("Geneva") (BULLETIN BOARD: GVRS) President, Marcus Johnson reports that effective on December 11, 2009, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Geneva Resources, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company") accepted the resignation of Betrand Taquet dated December 11, 2009 as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company. There were no disagreements or disputes between the Company and Mr. Taquet.
The Company has also accepted the appointment of Angelo Viard to the Board of Directors effective December 11, 2009.
During the past ten years, Mr. Viard has been involved in providing companies with advisory services including, but not limited to, managerial, investment strategy, finance, information technology, compliance, accounting, business development, mergers and acquisitions, and capital fund raising in a wide range of industry sectors across the United States, South America and Europe. Mr. Viard has been (June 2007-present) the president/chief executive officer of Viard Consulting Services. From approximately August 2006 through June 2007, Mr. Viard was the IT operations manager for Bare Escentuals where he was responsible for developing, coordinating multiple related projects in alignment with strategic and tactical company goals. Mr. Viard was also a senior IT audit consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
From approximately December 2004 through August 2005, Mr. Viard was the chief executive officer and founder of Technology Mondial Inc., in Costa Rica. He was previously employed with OpenTV Inc, as IT manager; Thomas Weisel Partners LLC where he was an IT brokerage services manager; BancBoston Robertson Stephens & Co. where he was a senior system engineer, and Environmental Chemical Corporation where he was a technical analyst.
Mr. Viard holds a master in computer science, a BS in business management and administration, and an A/A in computer business administration and networks.
About Geneva Resources, Inc.
Geneva Resources, Inc. is a mineral exploration company focusing on precious metals.
For further information see: http://www.genevaresourcesinc.com/
Symbol: OTCBB - GVRS; Frankfurt/Berlin Symbol - R3M, WKN No.: A0MMCN; ISIN: US3722371073
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Geneva Resources, Inc.
CONTACT: North America: Investor Relations, +1-775-348-9330, or Europe:
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Web Site: http://www.genevaresourcesinc.com/
