14 September 2016
LONDON, ON, Sept. 14, 2016 /CNW/ - Fortune Minerals Limited (TSX: FT) (OTCQX: FTMDF) ("Fortune" or the "Company") (www.fortuneminerals.com) is pleased to announce that Mr. Glen Koropchuk has joined the Board of Directors, providing additional strength to the Company in mine operations and project development. A mining engineer with nearly 30 years of executive management, mine operations, project management and corporate social investment work, Glen Koropchuk has had prodigious global experience within Anglo American Plc ("Anglo") and its subsidiaries. Most recently, Mr. Koropchuk was Chief Operating Officer ("COO") of De Beers Canada Inc., responsible for delivering safe, operational excellence from the Snap Lake and Victor diamond mines in Canada's north. Notably, he also led the permitting, Aboriginal engagement, and project management for the $1 billion Gahcho Kue diamond mine in the Northwest Territories ("NT") that was recently commissioned on time, reflecting a skill set that is particularly relevant to Fortune as it advances the vertically-integrated NICO Gold-Cobalt-Bismuth-Copper Project toward construction.