TrinCan Capital appoints new CFO

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TSX-V: TRN

KELOWNA, BC, Jan. 22, 2014 /CNW/ - Colin Bowdidge, President of TrinCan Capital Corp. ("TrinCan" or the "Company") (TSXV: TRN) is pleased to announce that Rebecca Hudson, CPA, CA has been appointed as the Company's new Chief Financial Officer.  Rebecca Hudson is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) with over 15 years of experience in financial reporting, finance, accounting and audit roles serving a range of industries, including mining and exploration, oil and gas, manufacturing and retail, and not-for-profit.  Ms. Hudson has served as CFO and consulted for a number of publicly-listed junior resource companies with projects in North and South America. Ms. Hudson is fluent in English and Spanish, and holds a Bachelor's Degree and a Masters of Accounting from the University of Waterloo.  She is a valuable addition to TrinCan's management team.

The Company has accepted the resignation of Savi Franz, who has been CFO since August, 2010 and Corporate Secretary since December 18, 2013.  Ms. Franz has resigned to concentrate on other activities.  The board of directors thanks her for her diligent work and support over the years, and wishes her the best of luck in her future endeavours.

ABOUT TRINCAN CAPITAL CORP: TrinCan is engaged in oil and gas production and exploration, as well as mining exploration.  The Company holds non-operating working interests of between 25 and 50 percent in a group of oil leases 40 kilometres south of Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, with net production of between 20 and 30 barrels of oil per day.  It also holds 93.3% working interest on a lease on 1¾ sections in northwestern Alberta, referred to as the Nipisi project.  In mining exploration, the Company has a 60% working interest in a group of optioned properties at Tashota, 215 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay, Ontario.  The 12,000-acre Tashota Project includes a gold-bearing zone known as the Paulpic deposit, which has a NI43-101 compliant inferred mineral resource of 68,900 ounces of gold at a grade of 8.24 grams of gold per tonne.  The Company also holds an option to acquire 100% of the 920-acre Maki gold property near Beardmore, Ontario, as well as a 100% interest in the Opinaca 2 gold prospect covering approximately 18,000 acres in the James Bay area of northern Québec.  The Opinaca 2 property is 15 kilometres southwest of Goldcorp's Éléonore/Roberto gold deposit, scheduled to commence production in 2014.

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SOURCE: TrinCan Capital Corp.

Colin Bowdidge, Ph.D., P.Geo, President at [phone], or

Burkhard Franz, Chairman at [phone]