Fording Announces Executive Appointments
08 Aprile 2004 - 9:31PM
PR Newswire (US)
Fording Announces Executive Appointments CALGARY, April 8
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mr. Michael Grandin, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Fording Canadian Coal Trust (TSX: FDG.UN,
NYSE: FDG) is pleased to announce the following executive
appointments. Jim Popowich has been appointed President of Fording
Canadian Coal Trust. Jim has played a major role in the growth and
development of Fording and its predecessors over the past 35 years,
most recently as Executive Vice President. He is also President and
Chief Executive Officer of Elk Valley Coal. Jim is a member of the
Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists
of Alberta and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and
Petroleum. Mark Gowhas been appointed Controller of Fording
Canadian Coal Trust. Mark has served in roles of increasing
responsibility with Fording and its predecessors over the past
seven years, most recently as Director, Investor Relations. He is
also Controller of Fording Inc. and Elk Valley Coal. Mark is a
member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and the
Alberta Institute of Chartered Accountants. Fording Canadian Coal
Trust is an open-ended mutual fund trust. Through investments in
metallurgical coal and industrial minerals mining and processing
operations, the Trust makes quarterly cash distributions to
unitholders. The Trust, through its wholly-owned subsidiary,
Fording Inc., holds a 65% ownership of Elk Valley Coal and is the
world's largestproducer of the industrial mineral wollastonite. Elk
Valley Coal, comprised of Canada's senior metallurgical coal mining
properties, is the world's second largest exporter of metallurgical
coal, capable of supplying approximately 25 million tonnes of
high-quality coal products annually to the international steel
industry. DATASOURCE: Fording Canadian Coal Trust CONTACT:
Catherine Hart, Coordinator, Investor Relations, 403-260-9817,
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