VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 09/17/13 — Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ)(NYSE: TRQ)(NASDAQ: TRQ) announced today that the company-s Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of director Jean-Sebastien Jacques. Mr. Jacques is resigning from the Turquoise Hill board in order to fully concentrate on his many responsibilities as Chief Executive, Copper at Rio Tinto.
A new Rio Tinto-nominated director will be announced in due course.
About Turquoise Hill Resources
Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ)(NYSE: TRQ)(NASDAQ: TRQ) is an international mining company focused on copper, gold and coal mines in the Asia Pacific region. The company-s primary operation is its 66% interest in the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold-silver mine in southern Mongolia. Other assets include a 58% interest in Mongolian coal miner SouthGobi Resources (TSX: SGQ)(HK: 1878); and a 56% interest in copper-gold miner Inova Resources (TSX: IVA)(ASX: IVA), formerly Ivanhoe Australia; and a 50% interest in Altynalmas Gold, a private company developing the Kyzyl Gold Project in Kazakhstan, which is in the process of being sold.
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