Ridgestone Mining Inc. announced the appointment of Dr. Andrew Ramcharan to its Advisory Board. Dr. Ramcharan has an extensive background in exploration, project evaluation, investment banking and corporate development spanning over twenty years. Dr. Ramcharan is currently Executive Vice President, Corporate Development for Roscan Gold where he has been instrumental in raising over $18 million and a five-fold increase in market valuation of over $100 million in the last six months. In a similar role with IAMGOLD Corp. as Manager of Corporate Development, Dr. Ramcharan was involved with raising over $600 million in equity and over $800 million in project acquisitions. Dr. Ramcharan has also held senior investment banking roles, including Sprott Resource and Resource Capital Funds, where he performed over 300 project evaluations and numerous debt and equity financings valued over $1 billion.