OTTAWA, CANADA, Dec 15, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Mindesta Inc. (the "Company")
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wishes to announce that
Al Zapanta has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors.
Mr. Zapanta was born in Los Angeles, CA and received an Associate of
Arts degree from East Los Angeles College. He completed a Bachelor of
Arts degree in Industrial Psychology, a Master of Arts in Public
Administration and studies for a PhD in International Political
Economics all at the University of Southern California. He also
graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Business and the
Inter-American Defense College, National War College, in Washington,
D.C.
Mr. Zapanta was the first U.S. senior officer appointed to lead a
Peacekeeping Mission to the United Nations Referendum on the Western
Sahara to serve with the USSR, People's Republic of China, French and
British military officers as the Chief of Staff. General Zapanta's
military record includes the award of the Silver Star, five Bronze
Stars for Valor, the Purple Heart and thirty other awards during the
Vietnam War. He was also recently awarded the Joint Service
Commendation Medal for Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Restore Hope in
Somalia and Restore Democracy in Haiti. Mr. Zapanta was appointed by
the Governor of Virginia to the rank of Major General and achieved
one of the highest ranks of any officer of Mexican descent in the US
army.
In the private sector, he worked as an industrial engineer for
Bethlehem Steel, and as Director of Governmental Affairs for Atlantic
Richfield Company ("ARCO") until his retirement in 1993 after 18
years of service as a senior executive. During his time with ARCO, he
was responsible for negotiations with PEMEX on oil and gas matters
and the copper mines owned by Anaconda Copper Mining company, an
acquisition of ARCO. He was the company's representative to local,
state and federal governments on oil and gas, environmental and
transportation-related regulation and public affairs.
Mr. Zapanta has held numerous Presidential appointments, including a
White House fellow in 1973-74 and Assistant Secretary of the Interior
for Management and Administration from 1976-77. He was appointed by
President Ronald Reagan to the U.S. State Department Advisory
Committee on International Trade Technology and Development from
1981-1987, and by President George W. Bush as a private sector
delegate to the U.S.-Mexico Partnership for Prosperity from 2001 to
the present. U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld appointed
him to serve as Chairman of the Reserve Forces Policy Board from
2002-2004.
He is presently the President and CEO of the United States-Mexico
Chamber of Commerce and is responsible for operations in eight
regional offices in the United States and nine in Mexico.
This press release contains forward-looking statements, which can be
identified by the use of statements that include words such as
"could", "potential", "believe", "expect", "anticipate", "intend",
"plan", "likely", "will" or other similar words or phrases. These
statements are only current predictions and are subject to known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our or
our industry's actual results, levels of activity, performance or
achievements to be materially different from those anticipated by the
forward-looking statements. The Company does not intend, and does not
assume any obligation, to update forward-looking statements, whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless
otherwise required by applicable securities laws. Readers should not
place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
NO REGULATORY AUTHORITY HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THE CONTENTS
OF THIS RELEASE
Contacts:
Mindesta Inc.
Gregory Bowes, CEO
(613) 241-9959
SOURCE: Mindesta Inc.
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