Puget Ventures Founder Erin Chutter Named To 40 Unde...

Puget Ventures Founder Erin Chutter Named To 40 Under 40 List January 19, 2012 Annual list celebrates achievements, leadership skills of under-40 businesspeople 

VANCOUVER, BC (JANUARY 19th, 2012) ...  Erin Chutter, founder, President and CEO of mining and exploration firm Puget Ventures Inc., has been named one of Business in Vancouver's 40 under 40 for 2011, joining 39 other accomplished and up-and-coming Vancouver businesspeople.

She will be honoured at a ceremony on January 25 for her business achievements, leadership, and community contributions.

"It's very inspiring to be in the company of so many talented businesspeople," said Chutter of being selected for the 40 Under 40 list.  "It is special to be chosen among one's peers."

"On behalf of the board of directors of Puget Ventures, I'd like to offer my congratulations to Erin for this accomplishment," said Ray Castelli, a company director.  "We look forward to her continued leadership of the company."

Chutter, 37, founded Puget Ventures in 2007, a public company listed on the TSX-V.  In its initial days, the company focused its efforts on exploring cobalt deposits in Werner Lake, southwestern Ontario.  Since then, under her leadership, the company has established itself through further delineation of its Canadian assets and the proposed acquisition of mineral assets in Altai, Russia.

An entrepreneur at heart and one of only a handful of female mining executives in the country, Chutter has also run her own communications company. She has worked with a number of Vancouver-based exploration companies as well.

She forged her leadership skills through politics, which she has been involved in since the late 1980s. She has managed and advised political campaigns at three levels of government along with party leadership races. In addition, she has served on the staff of federal and provincial ministers and leaders.

She is active in a number of groups in her community and is a director of both the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and the MacDonald Laurier Institute.  Chutter is also a founder and director of Sceptre Ventures Inc. and Quantum Rare Earth Development Inc., both listed on the TSX-V.

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