June 28, 2010 (FinancialWire) (Go to http://www.financialwire.net/?s=ftrdnwswnd for all of today’s featured news.) — Mercer Gold Corp. (OTCBB: MRGP) has appointed Edward Flood to the board of directors. Flood was previously the deputy chairman of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. and its founding president.

Prior to joining Ivanhoe, Flood was a principal at Robertson Stephens & Co., an investment bank in San Francisco where he was a member of the investment team for the Contrarian Fund, a public mutual fund focused on natural resource development projects around the world.

Flood currently serves as chairman of Western Uranium Corp. and Western Lithium Corp. He was Managing Director, Investment Banking, Haywood Securities (UK) Ltd. from March 2007 to February 2010.

Colorado-based Mercer Gold is focused on gold exploration and resource definition in Colombia.  The company acquired the prospective Guayabales Project, located in the Marmato Gold District, Department of Caldas, earlier in 2010.

Mercer is exploring the Guayabales property and is seeking to acquire additional prospective gold properties in Colombia.

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