Copper Ridge Appoints new CFO and Corporate Secretary

    
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VANCOUVER , Jan. 21 /CNW/ - Copper Ridge Explorations Inc. (TSX-V: KRX) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael O'Brien as its new Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. Mr. O'Brien brings more than 25 years of experience to the Company's financial management and regulatory compliance team. Since 2006 Mr. O'Brien served as Chief Financial Officer of Africo Resources Ltd. a TSX-Listed mineral exploration and development company with operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . Prior to this Mr. O'Brien served as Chief Financial Officer of Irvin & Johnson Ltd., an international fishing and seafood processing company, and as Manager of Finance of Soekor Exploration and Production (Pty) Ltd. (now part of PetroSA,). Mr. O'Brien qualified as a Chartered accountant in South Africa in 1986, and has been a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants since 1991.

    
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This press release contains projections and forward-looking information that involve various risks and uncertainties regarding future events. Such forward-looking information can include without limitation statements based on current expectations involving a number of risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. There are numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and Copper Ridges' plans and objectives to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking information. Actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. These and all subsequent written and oral forward-looking information are based on estimates and opinions of management on the dates they are made and are expressly qualified in their entirety by this notice. Except as required by law, Copper Ridge assumes no obligation to update forward-looking information should circumstances or management's estimates or opinions change.

For further information: Gerald G. Carlson, President & CEO, Suite 1100, 888 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6C 3K4, Phone: [phone], [email protected]