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Adriana Announces Management and Board Changes


Published on 2009-11-24 09:09:29 - Market Wire
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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 24, 2009) - Adriana Resources Inc. ("Adriana" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ADI) announces that Michael Beley, the Company's Chairman of the Board, and Richard Barclay, the Company's Chief Financial Officer and also a director of the Company, have resigned effective immediately.

Mr. Norman L. Calder, Vice President of Finance, has been appointed as the Company's Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Calder has over 30 years of extensive financial experience including with various exploration and mining companies. Anthony Patriarco, a director of the Company, has been appointed as Interim Chairman of the Board.

The Company is also pleased to announce that Colin K. Benner has joined the Company's Board of directors effective immediately. Mr. Benner, a professional mining engineer, has extensive national and international experience in mining engineering and management in the mining industry including leadership roles at EuroZinc Mining Corp., Lundin Mining Corp., HudBay Minerals Inc., Skye Resources Inc., PBS Coal Inc. and Breakwater Resources Ltd. Mr. Benner is Executive Chairman of Creston Moly Corp., Chairman of Capstone Mining Corp. and is also a director of Lundin Mining Corp., Troon Ventures Ltd., Corsa Capital Ltd., Polaris Minerals Inc. and Delta Minerals Ltd.

"I would like to thank Mr. Beley and Mr. Barclay for all their contributions to the Company and wish them success in all future endeavors. We are thrilled to have Colin join our Board. I am confident that, with his extensive experience and leadership skills, Mr. Benner will play a key role in the long term success of the Company," said Mr. Allen Palmiere, Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

ON BEHALF OF ADRIANA RESOURCES INC.
"Allen J. Palmiere"
President and CEO

Certain information regarding the Company, including management's assessment of future plans and operations, may constitute forward-looking statements under applicable securities laws and necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Without limitation, statements relating to potential mineralization and resources, mining exploration and development, future plans and objectives of the Company and imprecision of mineral resources estimates, are forward looking statements that involve various degrees of risk.

Certain important risk factors could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements including, without limitation, changes in the world wide price of mineral commodities and currency fluctuations, general market conditions, the uncertainty of future profitability and access to sufficient capital, risks inherent in mineral exploration, development, construction and mining operations, delays in obtaining or failures to obtain required governmental, environmental or other project approvals, environmental risks, access to labour and services and competition from other companies. As a consequence, actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements and caution should be exercised on placing undue reliance on forward looking information.


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