TORONTO, ONTARIO (November 8, 2010) - Romios Gold Resources Inc. (TSX-V:RG): The management of Romios Gold Resources Inc. ("Romios" or "the Corporation") is pleased to announce the appointment of John Frederick (Jack) McOuat, P.Eng. to its Board of Directors.
Jack McOuat is one of the founding partners of the WGM Group and until recently served as Chairman and Director of Watts, Griffis and McOuat Limited. He acts as Executive Engineer for many of WGM's projects.
Mr. McOuat has broad experience in all aspects of mining. He has planned and supervised field programs, engineering investigations and feasibility studies all over the world. He has been consulted by a number of governments and many private sector companies.
Mr. McOuat currently sits on the Boards of Sentry Select Primary Metals Corp, NCE Flowthrough and Canadian Income Management Inc. He is currently a director of Royal Ontario Museum and Chair of the Heritage Governors at the ROM. Mr McOuat is also a director of the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame.
Mr. McOuat served many years as a Board member of Franco Nevada Corp., Cominco Ltd. (now known as Teck Resources) and Diamond Fields Resources Inc. at the time of the Voisey's Bay discovery. He has authored numerous articles and publications and served on numerous industry and engineering organizations. He also received an Honorary Doctorate from the Technical University of Nova Scotia.
Mr. McOuat has been granted 1,000,000 stock options exercisable at $0.15 per share for five years. Mr. McOuat's appointment is subject to regulatory approval.
Romios Gold CEO, Tom Drivas said, "We are very pleased that Mr. McOuat has joined our Board. We have a great deal of respect and admiration for his capabilities and experience and we are looking forward to his thoughts, guidance and contributions to our Board and to the progress and future success of the Company".
About Romios Gold Resources Inc.
Romios Gold Resources Inc., a progressive Canadian mineral exploration company established in 1995, is headquartered in Toronto and is actively engaged in precious and base metal exploration across North America with a primary focus on gold, silver and copper. Romios has significant property interests in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and Nevada. The Corporation is undertaking extensive exploration work on its Galore Creek area properties in British Columbia, which are centrally located between NovaGold's and Teck's large gold-copper-silver deposit and Barrick's high grade gold mine at Eskay Creek.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.For further information, please contact:
Tom Drivas, President and Director: (tel) 416-221-4124, (fax) 416-218-9772 or (email) romios@romios.com
Michael D'Amico, Investor Relations: (tel) 647-500-6023 or email Michael@baystreetconnect.com
Exchange Listings and Symbols: TSX-V:RG, NASDAQ OTC:RMIOF, Frankfurt:D4R.
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