Afri-Can Marine Minerals has appointed Howard Messias to its board of directors effective May 17, 2004. Mr. Messias is currently chief financial and compliance officer of Brockhouse & Cooper, an international investment dealing and consulting firm located in Montreal. Mr. Messias has a BComm and a BAcc from the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) and is a registered chartered accountant in both Canada and South Africa. He is also a registered principal with the National Association of Securities Dealers and the Bourse de Montreal.
Afri-Can is pleased to welcome Mr. Messias as an independent director of Afri-Can. His knowledge and experience in financial matters will be of considerable value to the company as it advances its objective to become a successful mining exploration company. Further to his nomination, Mr. Messias was also granted 150,000 stock options exercisable at 15 cents until March 24, 2008.
