UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
CIK # 1175596
As at February 27, 2008
AMARC RESOURCES LTD.
800 West Pender Street, Suite 1020
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V6C 2V6
(address of principal executive offices)
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
By: /s/ Jeffrey R. Mason
Director and Chief Financial Officer
Date: February 27, 2008
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Ste.
1020 - 800 West Pender Street
Vancouver , BC V6C 2V6
Tel: 604-684-6365
Fax: 604-684-8092
1-800-667-2114
www.amarcresources.com
AMARC APPOINTS VICE PRESIDENT
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT
February 27, 2008 Vancouver, BC - Amarc Resources
Ltd. ("Amarc" or the "Company") (TSX Venture: AHR; OTCBB:
AXREF) announces that Dr. Diane Nicolson has been appointed Vice President,
Corporate Development for the Company. Effective immediately, Dr. Nicolson
will be responsible for management, strategic planning and new project development
for Amarc, working along side Company Chairman, Robert Dickinson.
Diane Nicolson has a B.Sc. degree in geology from the University of London,
a PhD in economic geology from the University of Wales and 20 years' international
experience in the exploration and mining industry. She has worked for both
major and junior companies, including Rio Tinto, Minera Antamina, Noranda
and Cambior. Over the past 10 years, she has been involved primarily with
business development and new project assessment and acquisition, with a particular
focus on Latin America where she was based for 13 years. Dr. Nicolson joined
Hunter Dickinson in 2007 as a member of the global business development team;
her broad international experience has significantly assisted the advancement
of the company's efforts.
Amarc has engaged a capable and experienced exploration team that is generating
new projects through grassroots exploration as well as reviewing a variety
of new mid-stage to advanced opportunities located in British Columbia. In
addition, Amarc has an evaluations team searching globally for a suitable
major asset or project. The objective is to discover or acquire a significant
new mineral project to explore and develop.
Through its grassroots exploration activities in north-central British Columbia
during the 2007 field season, Amarc has identified a number of promising zinc
and copper anomalies within the prospective Bodine belt of rocks. Two of these
anomalies are of particular interest and the Company is currently completing
planning and permit applications for follow up exploration programs that are
due to commence in the spring. The programs are designed to define and assess
whether the targets may develop into significant zinc and copper deposits.
The technical information in this news release was prepared under the supervision
of Diane Nicolson, AIG, a qualified person under National Instrument 43-101.
For further details on Amarc Resources Ltd., please visit the Company's
website at www.amarcresources.com or contact Investor Services at (604) 684-6365
or within North America at 1-800-667-2114.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Ronald W. Thiessen
President & CEO
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor any other regulatory
authority accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Forward Looking and other Cautionary Information
This release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking
statements". All statements in this release, other than statements of
historical facts, that address estimated resource quantities, grades and contained
metals, possible future mining, exploration and development activities, are
forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations
expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions,
such statements should not be in any way construed as guarantees of future
performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from
those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market
prices for metals, the conclusions of detailed feasibility and technical analyses,
lower than expected grades and quantities of resources, mining rates and recovery
rates and the lack of availability of necessary capital, which may not be
available to the Company on terms acceptable to it or at all. The Company
is subject to the specific risks inherent in the mining business as well as
general economic and business conditions. For more information on the Company,
Investors should review the Company's annual Form 20-F filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission and its home jurisdiction
filings that are available at www.sedar.com.