Zadar Ventures Ltd. announced that Mr. Kieran Downes to its board of Directors. Mr. Downes will also serve as VP of Exploration. Kieran Downes Ph.D., P.Geo has over 40 years diversified experience in uranium, base metals, gold and diamond exploration.

He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Institute for Industrial Research & Standards, Dublin (1974-1977). He is a Registered Professional Geologist in British Columbia and Saskatchewan and president of Tristia Ventures Corp. Mr. Downes joined Minatome S.A. (now AREVA) of Paris in 1975 as a uranium exploration geologist.

He joined the Saskatchewan Mining Development Corporation in 1980 and was an exploration manager with Cameco Corporation, from 1988 to 1992, following its formation through the merger of the Saskatchewan Mining Development Corporation and Eldorado Nuclear Ltd. During his tenure he conducted and directed uranium exploration in the Athabasca Basin (including the McArthur River project); supervised the exploration which discovered Cameco's Star Lake, Jasper and Contact Lake gold deposits; and the delineation drilling of Cameco's McIlvenna copper/zinc VMS deposit. Mr. Downes also directed the acquisition and exploration of Signet Minerals Inc.'s uranium projects in the Yukon (2005 - 2007). Signet and its uranium assets were acquired by Cash Minerals Inc. in 2007.