VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire
- Jan. 26, 2010) - North American Gem Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NAG) (NAG)
is pleased to announce the engagement of Ms. Deborah Moses, a Professional
Engineer, with the support of Engineering Consulting Services, Inc. (ECSI) to
provide engineering services for the Company's coal operations in Kentucky and
West Virginia.
Ms. Deborah Moses serves as
Director, South East Region of ECSI. She manages ECSI's Corbin office as well
as coordinates mining, environmental, and surveying projects throughout the
southern part of the state. Her areas of expertise include reserve analysis,
environmental audits, and unmined mineral tax issues. Ms. Moses is a licensed
Professional Engineer (PE), a licensed Professional Land Surveyor (PLS), and a
Registered Environmental Manager (REM) with the National Registry of
Environmental Professionals. Engineering Licenses: KY#16187, TN #021889 Land
Surveying Licenses: KY#2880 Registered Environmental Manager #08695.
Under the agreement, Ms. Deborah
Moses will provide the following consulting services:
- Engineering services as needed.
- Evaluation of coal leases for the purpose of determining development potential.
- Preparation of mine permit applications and mine plans.
Ms. Deborah Moses serves as
Manager of Administrative Programs, Property Analyst, and Supervisor for
Technical Support Services for TECO Coal Corporation in Corbin, Kentucky. She
coordinated company records management program, calculated reserves based on
quality and quantity for potential mining areas, assisted with filing annual
10-k reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission, performed inter-company
environmental audits, oversaw submittal of unmined mineral tax information for
all TECO Coal companies, administered mining and trucking contracts, was
involved in all major mapping projects and property acquisitions, and served as
an expert witness when necessary.
Ms. Deborah Moses also served as
the Mining Engineer for Gatliff Coal Company in Corbin, Kentucky. She completed
surface and underground surveying, performed underground time studies, served
as project engineer for design and construction of refuse disposal facility,
and was responsible for surface and underground mine planning and permitting,
and served as CAD coordinator.
North American Gem Inc. (TSX
VENTURE: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 Kentucky, 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.
On
Behalf of the Board of Directors
NORTH
AMERICAN GEM INC.
Charles
Desjardins, President and Director
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. The production rate and mine-life projections have
been made without support of a feasibility study, there is no certainty the
proposed operations will be economically viable. 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.
"Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release."