SANTIAGO, Chile, March 19, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Southern Energy Company, Inc. (Pink Sheets:SOCI), a publicly traded resource exploration company, is pleased to announce that Stanley Ford, P. Eng., has agreed to join Southern Energy as a Consulting Engineer to the Company.
Stanley Ford, P. Eng., received his Engineering degree from the University of British Columbia in 1967, and subsequently obtained his MBA in finance from Simon Fraser University in 1983, writing his masters thesis on the coal industry. Mr. Ford has been a member of the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia since 1972. From May 1984 to the present, Mr. Ford has been the chairman and president of International Royalties Corp., a company providing management services and funding to resource companies. From 1990 through December 2003, Mr. Ford was the President and Chairman of Pallaum Minerals, a resource exploration company, and was responsible for raising over $9.0 Million in capital for the company. From 1984 to 1995, he was the Vice-President, and subsequently, President and Chairman, of Swannell Minerals, a publicly traded mineral exploration company. From 1984 to 1988, Mr. Ford was the Vice-President and Director of Saturn Energy and Resources Inc., a public resource company, where he was responsible for the filing and acquisition approval of a $1.3 billion coal tax shelter located in Denver, Colorado. As a professional engineer, Mr. Ford has worked on major civil projects in Ghana, Libya, Scotland, and Australia.
About Southern Energy Company, Inc.
Southern Energy Company, Inc. is a publicly traded resource exploration company. From 2007 to the present the company has been active in seeking out resource opportunities in North and South America to explore, develop, and produce. The Company is currently focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of coal, gold and silver properties throughout South America.
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