Passport Potash Inc. Engages Former Congressman (Hon) Matthew J. Salmon and Upstream Consulting Inc.
15 June 2011 - 10:30PM
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Passport Potash Inc. (TSX VENTURE: PPI)(OTCQX: PPRTF) is pleased to
announce that it has engaged Upstream Consulting, Inc.
(http://www.upstreamdc.com) to assist with key governmental
relations and coordination between Passport Potash, Federal, State,
and Local policy makers effective June 13, 2011. Upstream
Consulting, Inc. is led by Matthew J. Salmon and has an experienced
team of seasoned Washington government relations professionals who
bring widely diverse backgrounds, relationships with decision
makers in the government, and the communications skills needed to
support the ongoing development of Passport Potash's Holbrook basin
project. Upstream Consulting focuses on the development of
intelligent, strategic and highly effective messaging channels to
assure that key decision makers in the Congress and the
Administration understand the needs of their clients. In addition,
the broad international experience of the Upstream Consulting team
provides unique access for clients to the substantial expertise
needed in navigating the global policy arena.
Congressman Salmon has over twenty years experience in both the
public and private sector. He has emphasized managing relations at
all levels of government and in the process has garnered
significant media relations experience. Salmon began his career in
public service as an Arizona State Senator, a position in which he
served from 1991 to 1995. While in the Senate, he served as the
Assistant Majority Leader and chaired the Rules Committee. From
1995 to 2001, Salmon was the U.S. Congressman for Arizona, serving
on the International Relations, Education, Small Business, and
Science Committees. He also served for six years on the Helsinki
Commission and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe (OSCE) where he developed myriad and key relationships with
parliamentary members from OSCE. He was an active and influential
member of both those organizations. While in Congress, he led
several U.S. Congressional delegations to China to improve trade
relations and bilateral relationships. He was the only Member of
the U.S. Congress in America's history who speaks Mandarin Chinese.
This expertise served him well as one of the leading advocates of a
positive U.S. and China relationship.
Also on Upstream's Team and working on Passport's Project is
Brian Tassinari. Mr. Tassinari has 15 years experience in the
public and private sectors. Before joining Upstream Consulting, he
worked as a lobbyist and communications consultant with the firm
Williams & Associates. Previously, he served as Director of
Communications for the President of the Arizona State Senate. Mr.
Tassinari's career in the political arena began in 1995 when he
joined the staff of U.S. Senator William V. Roth, Jr., in
Washington, D.C., where he served as Deputy Press Secretary for two
years and Press Secretary for another two years. In addition to
being the Senator's spokesman in the local and national media, Mr.
Tassinari wrote speeches and position papers for Senator Roth. He
also worked on legislation relating to transportation and
telecommunications issues and gained expertise on complex subjects
such as tax law, Social Security, and Medicare/Medicaid.
Some of their clients include:
General Motors, Cisco, Prudential Financial, El Paso Pipeline
Group, Gas Technology Institute, Arizona State University, Salt
River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Arizona Healthcare
Association, Arizona Professional Firefighters Association.
Passport President Joshua Bleak commented: "We are very pleased
to have Congressman Salmon and Upstream Consulting onboard the
Passport team. Their expertise and experience on the state,
federal, and international level will be instrumental in advancing
Passports endeavors and creating mutually beneficial relationships
with State and Federal policy makers."
About the Holbrook Potash Project
Passport Potash Inc. is a TSX-listed resource company engaged in
the exploration and development of advanced potash properties.
Passport has acquired a strategic position in the Holbrook Basin
with land holdings encompassing over 80,000 acres. For more
information regarding the Holbrook Basin, please visit
http://www.azgs.az.gov/arizona_geology/Summer%2008.pdf.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
PASSPORT POTASH INC.
Joshua Bleak, President
This news release includes certain statements that may be deemed
"forward-looking statements". All statements in this release, other
than statements of historical facts, including the likelihood of
commercial mining and possible future financings are
forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the
expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based
on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of
future performance and actual results or developments may differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
forward-looking statements include unsuccessful exploration
results, changes in metals prices, changes in the availability of
funding for mineral exploration, unanticipated changes in key
management personnel and general economic conditions. Mining is an
inherently risky business. Accordingly the actual events may differ
materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.
For more information on the Company and the risks and challenges of
its business, investors should review the Company's annual filings
that are available at www.sedar.com.
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accuracy of this release.
Contacts: Corporate Communications Peter J. Kletas Toll Free:
1-866-999-6251 peter@passportpotash.com Clive Mostert 780-920-5044
cmostert@passportpotash.com www.passportpotash.com
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