TORONTO,
Dec. 16, 2013 /CNW/ - Atlanta Gold
Inc. (TSXV: ATG) (OTCQX: ATLDF) (the "Company") is pleased to
announce the addition of Eric J.
Berentsen as Vice President of its subsidiary, Atlanta Gold
Corporation ("AGC"). Mr. Berentsen, who has been a
director of the Company since 2006, will join AGC effective
January 6, 2014 and adds significant
depth to the operating team as it continues to advance the Atlanta
Project towards mine development and production.
Mr. Berentsen, who will also be a director of
AGC, has over 35 years of varied geological and managerial
experience. He graduated from Lake
Superior State University-Sault
Ste. Marie, Michigan, in 1978. Eric held the position
of Chief Exploration Geologist with Getchell Gold Corp. from 1990 to 1999. Mr.
Berentsen also served as Senior Mine Geologist from 1999 to 2002
for Placer Dome Inc. and for Apollo
Gold Inc. from 2002 to 2005. He has worked for Jipangu
Exploration Inc., most recently as President, since Jipangu's
acquisition of the exploration division of Apollo Gold in 2005.
During his career, Mr. Berentsen has been
responsible for discoveries containing in excess of 20 million
ounces of gold, the most notable being the Turquoise Ridge Mine in
Humboldt County, Nevada, the
expansion of the Florida Canyon Mine near Imlay, Nevada and the expansion of the Black
Fox Mine, near Matheson,
Ontario. He is a registered Member of the Society of
Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Inc. (SME) and a Qualified
Person under National Instrument 43-101.
Wm. Ernest
Simmons, President and CEO of the Company said, "The
addition of Eric to the operating team working out of Boise is expected to be a turning point for
the Company. We have a significant gold resource to work with
and a land position that has significant exploration potential,
which includes areas of historic production from not less than 12
small mines. We have resolved environmental issues and are
improving upon our metallurgical processing through gravity
recovery methods rather than leaching. Eric Berentsen adds tremendous geological and
managerial experience . Welcome aboard, Eric."
As the Company's focus continues to be on
developing the Atlanta Project,
management has determined to allow the claims comprising the
Company's Brodeur diamond property to lapse, rather than to incur
further expenditures necessary to maintain the Brodeur claims. The
Company expects to complete its remaining reclamation obligations
at Brodeur during the summer of 2014.
About the Company
Atlanta Gold Inc. holds through its 100%
owned subsidiary, Atlanta Gold Corporation, leases, options or
ownership interests in its Atlanta
properties which comprise approximately 2,159 acres (8.74 square
kilometres) located 90 air kilometers east of Boise, in Elmore
County, Idaho. A long history of mining makes Atlanta very suitable for development of new
mining projects. The Company is focused on advancing its core
asset, Atlanta, towards mine
development and production.
Forward-Looking Information
This news release contains forward-looking
information and forward-looking statements (collectively
"forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable
securities laws, including with respect to completion of the
Brodeur reclamation. Such are based upon assumptions, opinions and
analysis made by management in light of its experience, current
conditions and its expectations of future developments that
management believe to be reasonable and relevant. These
assumptions include the continued availability of sufficient
funding and the availability of adequate equipment and
manpower. Forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause
actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied
in the forward-looking statements and accordingly, readers should
not place undue reliance on those statements. Risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results to vary include, but
are not limited to, the Company's limited financial resources and
its ability to raise sufficient funds on a timely basis to fund the
capital and operating expenses necessary to carry out its planned
initiatives; and operational and technical difficulties which could
delay or prevent completion of its initiatives as well as other
risks and uncertainties which are more fully described in the
Company's annual and quarterly Management's Discussion and Analysis
and in other Company filings with securities and regulatory
authorities which are available at www.sedar.com. Should one or
more risks and uncertainties materialize or should any assumptions
prove incorrect, then actual results could vary materially from
those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements and
accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on those
statements. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing lists of
risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors are not
exhaustive. The forward-looking statements contained in this
news release are made as of the date hereof and the Company
undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any
forward-looking statements contained herein or in any other
documents filed with securities regulatory authorities, whether as
a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except in
accordance with applicable securities laws.
SOURCE Atlanta Gold Inc.