Royal Roads adds to board of directors

    
    Trading Symbol: RRO - TSX-V
    Shares Outstanding: 112,127,290
    

HALIFAX, May 7 /CNW/ - Royal Roads Corp. (RRO-TSX-V) ("Royal Roads" or "Corporation")) wishes to announce that Daniel Burneski and Paul Moore joined the board of directors of the Corporation, effective May 5, 2010.

Dan Burneski is currently consulting and working on developing various agriculture related projects in Western Canada for a number of clients. He has over 25 years experience in international commodity trading and, until February 2010, was President and a director of Finora Inc. Mr. Burneski is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia and Manitoba as well as being a CPA (Washington). He is also a member of the Financial Executives Institute, GAFTA arbitrator and various other organizations.

Paul Moore, P.Geo., holds BSc (hons) and MSc degrees in Earth Sciences (Geology) from Memorial University (1986, 1990) and has been actively involved in the mining industry since 1987. Mr. Moore's career has been largely in senior technical roles with senior mining companies in North America including Senior Geologist and Assistant to Vice President of Exploration North America with Teck Corporation from 1991 to 2001 (now Teck Resources) and as Senior Geologist with Anglo American Exploration Canada from 2001 to 2002. He has been the Vice-President of Exploration for Royal Roads since January 2007.

Warren MacLeod, President and Chief Executive Officer of Royal Roads said, "We are delighted that Dan and Paul have agreed to join the board and look forward to their unique skills contributing to the future development and success of the Company."

    
    About Royal Roads
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Royal Roads is a resource company based in Atlantic Canada and is primarily focused on exploring and developing mineral properties in the famous historic Buchans mining camp in central Newfoundland, Canada.

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For further information: Warren MacLeod, President & CEO, Royal Roads Corp., [phone], Winsor, Nova Scotia; www.royalroadscorp.ca