WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, Apr 9, 2008 (Marketwire via COMTEX News Network)
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HudBay Minerals Inc. ("HudBay") (TSX:HBM) today announced the
appointments of Donald K. Charter and R. Peter Gillin as directors of
the corporation.
"We are very pleased to have both Don Charter
and Peter Gillin joining the HudBay board of directors," said Norman
Anderson, Chairman of HudBay. "Both Don and Peter bring a wealth of
public and mining company experience to HudBay. On behalf of the board
of directors and senior management, I'd like to welcome them to the
HudBay team. We look forward to benefiting from the extensive knowledge
they bring."
Don Charter is President of 3Cs Corporation, a
consulting and investment company, and is the former Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Dundee Securities Ltd. and Dundee Private Investors
Inc. He has also served as Executive Vice President of Dundee
Corporation and Dundee Wealth Management Inc. Prior to joining Dundee,
Mr.
Charter practiced corporate and securities law in Toronto. He is
currently a director of IAMGOLD Corporation, Lundin Mining Corporation,
Great Plains Exploration Inc., Baffin Iron Mines Corporation and a
trustee of Dundee Real Estate Investment Trust.
Peter Gillin is
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tahera Diamond Corporation, a
diamond exploration, development and production company, and is the
former President and Chief Executive Officer of Zemex Corporation. Mr.
Gillin has also been a senior investment banker, having previously
served as Vice-Chairman of N M Rothschild & Sons Canada Limited and
as a Managing Director of Scotia Capital. He is currently a director of
Silver Wheaton Corp. and Trillium Health Care Products Inc. and is a
member of the Independent Review Committee of TD Asset Management Inc.
Mr. Gillin is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
About HudBay
Minerals Inc.
HudBay is an integrated mining company operating
mines, concentrators and a metal production facility in northern
Manitoba and Saskatchewan. HudBay also owns a zinc oxide production
facility in Ontario, the White Pine copper refinery in Michigan and the
Balmat zinc mine in New York state. HudBay is a member of the
S&P/TSX Composite Index and a member of the S&P/TSX Global
Mining Index.
(HBM-G)
SOURCE: HudBay Minerals Inc.
HudBay Minerals Inc.
Brad Woods
Director, Investor Relations
(204) 949-4272
Email: brad.woods@hbms.ca
Website: www.hudbayminerals.com
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