Aber Diamond Corporation - Appointment to the Board
June 23 2004 - 6:06PM
PR Newswire (US)
Aber Diamond Corporation - Appointment to the Board (TSE-ABZ,
NASDAQ-ABER) TORONTO, June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board
of Directors of Aber Diamond Corporation is pleased to announce the
appointment of M. Laurent E. Mommeja as a director of the Company.
M. Mommeja is the General Manager, Europe of Hermes International
SA with responsibility for European and Middle Eastern
Distribution. He has been employed by Hermes for the last 23 years
of which 14 years were spent in the USA where his last assignment
was President and CEO of Hermes Paris Inc., the US subsidiary of
Hermes International. M. Mommeja was born in France in 1956 and is
married to jewelry designer Marie-Paule Quercy. They have two
children. Mr. John H. Lamacraft has retired as a director of Aber
and is succeeded as Chairman of the Board by Mr. Robert A.
Gannicott who is also Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Lars -Eric
Johansson has been appointed as Lead Director of the Company. About
Aber Aber Diamond Corporation is a diamond marketing company
supplying a Canadian product to the global diamond market. The
Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Aber Diamond Mines Ltd., holds a
40% joint venture interest in Canada's second diamond mine, the
Diavik Diamond Mine located off Lac de Gras in Canada's Northwest
Territories. The Diavik Diamond Mine is operated by Diavik Diamond
Mines Inc. ("DDMI") (60%), a wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto
plc. of London, England. DATASOURCE: Aber Diamond Corporation
CONTACT: Robert A. Gannicott, Chief Executive Officer - (416)
362-2237; Amir Kalman, Manager, Investor Relations - (416) 362-2237
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