Dr. Roy Mink Appointed to U.S. Geothermal Board
December 04 2006 - 8:51AM
PR Newswire (US)
BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- U.S. Geothermal Inc.
(OTC:UGTHOTC:TSX.V:OTC:GTH) (BULLETIN BOARD: UGTH, TSX.V: GTH)
announced today that Dr. Leland "Roy" Mink, recently retired
Program Director for the Geothermal Technologies Program, U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE), has been appointed to the company's
Board of Directors. Dr. Mink was with the Idaho Bureau of Mines and
Geology, Boise State University, and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency. He also spent four years with DOE as a
geothermal energy project manager. He was an engineer for
Morrison-Knudson Company in Boise, working in the areas of mining,
energy, and environmental and hazardous waste remediation. He
became a professor of hydrogeology at the University of Idaho and
then the director of the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute.
In 2002, Dr. Mink served as Vice President of Exploration for U.S.
Geothermal until he was appointed as Director of the DOE's
Geothermal Technologies Program in February 2003. "Roy brings an
incredible wealth of knowledge to U.S. Geothermal from his
experience in the geothermal industry. He is a recognized expert in
the geothermal field and we are excited to have him join our team,"
said U.S. Geothermal president Daniel Kunz. About US Geothermal
U.S. Geothermal Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: UGTH; TSX-V: GTH) is a
renewable energy development company focused on geothermal energy
initially in the Pacific Northwest. Please visit our website at
http://www.usgeothermal.com/. The information provided in this news
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Investor Relations, Saf Dhillon of U.S. Geothermal Inc.,
+1-866-687-7059, or fax, +1-604-688-9895, ; or Mike Journee of
Scott Peyron & Associates, Inc., +1-208-388-3800, or fax,
+1-208-388-8898, , for U.S. Geothermal Inc. Web site:
http://www.usgeothermal.com/
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