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Latin American Minerals Appoints Michael Brown and Ted Freedman to the Board; Grants Options
Friday 01/25/2008 12:56 PM ET - Market Wire

Latin American Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE: LAT) is pleased to announce that Mr. Michael J.H. Brown and Mr. Theodore (Ted) J. Freedman have been appointed to the Board.

Mr. Brown, a 35-year veteran of mining finance and analysis, is President of Capital Markets Advisory. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Crystallex International Corporation, Queenston Mining Inc., Afri-Can Marine Minerals Corporation and Canary Resources Inc. Previously, Mr. Brown held positions with Macquarie Bank of Australia, as President and Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie North America, and then as Vice Chairman. Prior to that, Mr. Brown was a Managing Partner with Gordon Capital Corporation, responsible for mining investment banking. He was a founder of McLean McCarthy's equity research in 1973, and continued as mining analyst and Managing Director of Research after the firm was acquired by Deutsche Bank. Earlier in his career, Mr. Brown also held positions in mining corporate finance and analysis with Rio Algom and then with investment dealer, Harris & Partners Limited. Mr. Brown served for 14 years as a member of the List Committee of the Toronto Stock Exchange and was a Governor of the Exchange for two years. He is past President of the Mineral Resources Analysts Group, a member of the Toronto Society of Financial Analysts and is a Chartered Financial Analyst and registered Professional Engineer.