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Ivernia Inc.: Ivernia Names Brent Omland Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer; Bruce Hooper Vice President Corpor

^{Published on 2009-06-10 16:53:36, Last Modified on 2009-06-10 16:55:46 - Market Wire}
 

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 10, 2009) - Ivernia Inc. ("Ivernia" or "the Company") (TSX:IVW) today announced the promotion of Brent Omland to Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer and Bruce Hooper to Vice President Corporate Development and Exploration effective immediately.

These appointments are part of an overall reorganization of management responsibilities as Ivernia gears up the restart planning for the Magellan Mine and focuses on its growth strategy. As part of this management reorganization Ivernia is in the process of recruiting an Executive Vice President - Operations to be based in Perth, Australia to spearhead the planning and execution of the restart of Magellan operations. Ivernia expects to make an announcement on that appointment over the next couple of months.

Mr. Omland is a Chartered Accountant with corporate and auditing experience principally in the mining industry. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) degree from the University of British Columbia and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. Mr. Omland joined Ivernia in February 2008 as Director - Finance. Prior to that, he was with Teck Resources Limited. Mr. Omland is based in Toronto and will divide his time between Toronto and Perth during the Magellan restart planning and start-up period.

Mr. Hooper has 30 years of exploration and development experience in Australia and internationally. He has managed many successful exploration programs and is well experienced in taking initial exploration prospects through to evaluation and into production. Mr. Hooper is an Honours Graduate from the University of Leeds, UK in Geological Sciences and has worked for both major resource companies and junior explorers. Mr. Hooper joined Ivernia in October 2008 as Vice President - Exploration and Development. Prior to that, he was General Manager - Exploration with Perilya Limited. Mr. Hooper is based in Perth, Australia.

As part of this overall management reorganization the position of Executive Vice President - Finance and Corporate Development in Toronto has been eliminated and Robert Wickham has left the Company.

Alan De'ath, Ivernia President and Chief Executive Officer said, "This management reorganization reflects the Company's increasing focus on the restart of the Magellan operation and the next stage of growth for Ivernia. With the issues at Esperance now resolved and the approvals to ship through the Port of Fremantle well in hand and going through final process - we are looking forward to getting the Magellan mine back into production with an eye toward implementing corporate development and exploration initiatives intended to expand our presence in the global base metals market. We are now putting in place the management team to restart Magellan and focus on the next stage of development of the company and the exciting times ahead."

About Ivernia:

Ivernia is an international base metals mining, exploration and development company. The Company is the sole owner and operator of the Magellan lead mine in Western Australia. When operations resume and target production levels are achieved the mine is expected to be a significant pure lead producer accounting for approximately 2% of the total world lead mine production.

Ivernia trades under the symbol "IVW" on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Additional information on Ivernia is available on the Company's website at [ www.ivernia.com ] and at SEDAR at [ www.sedar.com ].

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