Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. (PTQMF.OB) Appoints Ms. Julie Van Baarsen as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer
Petaquilla Minerals Ltd., a gold producer operating a 100 percent-owned gold processing plant in Panama, recently announced the appointment of Ms. Julie Van Baarsen as the company’s new chief financial officer effective January 1, 2010. Ms. Van Baarsen replaces Bassam Moubarak, who will remain with the company as a consultant through January to assist with the transition of the chief financial officer role. Prior to joining the company in January 2009 as the director of finance, Ms. Van Baarsen as worked in various industries in both the public and private sector and served as a former audit manager of Grant…