LAVAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - June 29, 2011) -NQ Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NQE) is pleased to announce that Mr. Michel Gauthier has accepted NQ's invitation to become the first appointment to its Advisory Board.
Michel Gauthier, engineering geologist, will act as a technical consultant. Mr. Gauthier graduated from École Polytechnique with a doctoral degree in geophysics in 1982. He has 40 years of experience in mining exploration. Working as a consultant and professor of economic geology, he gained extensive knowledge of many types of deposits, the Americas, Europe, Australia and West Africa. He also acquired mineral industry management expertise as a mining portfolio manager for the Fonds de Solidarité FTQ, SOQUEM and junior mining companies, and as a technical consultant for legal and brokerage firms. His vast knowledge of metal deposits enables him to generate exploration project both in Québec and abroad. As such, he was the cofounder of the Éléonor project in James Bay.
The Company has granted him 150,000 stock options at $0.10, valid for a five-year period.
ABOUT NQ EXPLORATION INC.
NQ Exploration Inc. is a mining exploration company with a solid portfolio of 11 mining properties in the James Bay and Abitibi regions of Quebec. NQ Exploration Inc. is betting on Quebec's excellent mineral potential and favourable investment climate to produce new world-class gold, base metal and uranium deposits.
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