VANCOUVER, Sept. 25 - El Nino Ventures Inc. ("ELN" and the "Company") (TSX.V ELN) is pleased to announce that Mr. Harry Barr has been appointed Chairman and Acting CEO of the Company.
Mr. Barr's immediate objective will be to finance the Company to a level which will secure the advancement of its properties in the Democratic Republic ofCongo ("DRC") where the Company made a significant Copper discovery, which is now known as the Kasala Project. The Kasala Project has several intercepts of ore grade material with thickness varying from 50 to 90 meters. Please refer to press releases datedJanuary 12, 2009 and February 25, 2009.
In order to further the development of the Kasala Project and ELN's other DRC properties, Management plans to continue to negotiate with Joint venture partners and arrange additional equity financing.
The Company also wishes to announce that Mr. Jean Luc Roy has resigned from his position of President and CEO of the company effective immediately.
The board of directors wish to thank Mr. Roy for his contribution to the Company over the last three years and wish him the best in his future endeavors.
About El Nino Ventures Inc.
El Nino Ventures is a exploration company, focused on exploring for Copper/Cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC"). In addition the Company had entered into an Option agreement with Votorantim and Xtrata Zinc whereby Votorantim, by incurring exploration expenditures of$10 million over a period of 5 years. Votorantim may further elect to increase its interest to 70% by spending another $10 million over an additional two years. The Votorantim option is on an extensive land package in the Bathurst Mining Camp that ELN currently shares 50/50 with Xstrata ZincCanada. (Please refer to ELN's August 6, 2009 news release).
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