Defense Metals joins Discovery Group and appoints a new Director
by CM staff
Dale Wallster has been appointed to the company's board of directors.
VANCOUVER — Defense Metals Corp., has joined the Vancouver-based Discovery Group led by John Robins and Jim Paterson. In addition, Dale Wallster has been appointed to the company’s board of directors.
“We are excited to welcome Defense Metals into Discovery Group. In my opinion, Defense represents a world-class opportunity in the rare earth / critical metals space,” said John Robins, Co-Founder and Principal of Discovery Group. “Viewed as being one of the highest grade deposits globally, and led by a strong management and technical team, Defense has all the attributes we look for in a Discovery Group company. The addition of Defense to our roster of companies, will round out the Discovery Group portfolio and will elevate the exposure of all our member companies, as we continue to educate and inform shareholders about market opportunities that exist with high quality junior mining explorers.”
Wallster is a prospector and geologist with over 40 years of experience in North American mineral deposit exploration. As President and founder of Roughrider Uranium Corp., which was acquired by Hathor Exploration Limited in 2006, Wallster and his team are credited for the discovery of Hathor’s Roughrider deposit. In January of 2012 Rio Tinto plc acquired Hathor for CAD$650 million.
