VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/28/11 — ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: ESR) would like to announce the granting of 250,000 stock options on July 25, 2011, to Duncan J. Manson as interim Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company and its subsidiary, ERA Ecosystem Restoration Associates Inc. (“ERA”). The options are exercisable at a price of $0.15 per share with an exercise period of five years from the date of grant.
About ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd.
A pioneer in forest restoration and conservation carbon offset projects; ERA has delivered over one million tonnes of carbon offsets to the voluntary market. The company–s Community Ecosystem Restoration Program began in 2005 in British Columbia, Canada, and its activities have grown to include forest carbon projects in Africa, New Zealand and the Hawaiian Islands. ERA–s clients and product users include Air Canada, Catalyst Paper, Rolling Stone Magazine, HSE – Entega, The Forest Carbon Group AG, and Shell Canada Limited. ERA–s carbon offset products are validated and verified to ISO-14064, CCBA, PFSI-VER and VCS standards. ()
Additional information on ERA can be found on the corporate website or by contacting
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: This document includes forward-looking statements as well as historical information. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the continued advancement of the company–s general business development, research development and the company–s development of forest-based carbon offsets. When used in this document, the words “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intent”, “may”, “project”, “plan”, “should” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements. Although ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. believes that their expectations reflected in these forward looking statements are reasonable, such statements involve risks and uncertainties and no assurance can be given that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements include fluctuations in the marketplace for the sale of carbon credits, the inability to implement corporate strategies, the ability to obtain financing and other risks disclosed in our filings made with Canadian Securities Regulators.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Contacts:
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd.
David Rokoss
604-973-6512