June 30, 2008
June 30, 2008, Vancouver, BC - Taseko Mines Limited (TSX: TKO; AMEX: TGB) (“Taseko” or the “Company”) announces the resignation of Jeffrey Mason as Chief Financial Officer, effective July 1, 2008. Mr. Mason will maintain his role on Taseko’s Board of Directors.
Russell Hallbauer, President and CEO of Taseko commented, “On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Jeffrey for the work he has undertaken over the past 14 plus years. He was instrumental in the purchase of the Gibraltar mine, its startup, operations and expansions to date. Jeffrey has been a key member of Taseko’s senior management team and has helped significantly to advance Taseko from a junior exploration company to a preeminent Western Canadian copper producer with a market capitalization of nearly $750 million.
We wish Jeffrey all the best in this future endeavours and look forward to his continued support on the Board of Directors.”
The Company has started the executive search for a new Chief Financial Officer; in the meantime, HDI Services (Hunter Dickinson) together with the Taseko personnel and management will provide the necessary financial resources, to ensure ongoing financial accounting, reporting and control functions.
For further details on Taseko and its properties, please visit the Company’s website at www.tasekomines.com or contact Investor Services at (604) 684-6365 or within North America at 1-800-667-2114.
Russell Hallbauer
President and CEO
No regulatory authority has approved or disapproved of the information contained in this news release.
This document contains “forward-looking statements” that were based on Taseko’s expectations, estimates and projections as of the dates as of which those statements were made. Generally, these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “outlook”, “anticipate”, “project”, “target”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “should” and similar expressions.
Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These included but are not limited to:
For further information on Taseko, investors should review the Company’s annual Form 40-F filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission www.sec.gov and home jurisdiction filings that are available at www.sedar.com.