GAPCO adds former BHP Billiton Project Manager to its Management Team

    TORONTO, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Alumina Products
Corporation ("GAPCO") (TSX-V: GPC.U), a company that proposes to produce
alumina for sale to the global aluminum industry, is pleased to announce the
immediate appointment of Tony McCabe as Senior Vice President, Project
Director of Boke Alumina Corporation.  Tony McCabe is an international
aluminium industry veteran who has spent 24 years working around the world for
Alcan International, Billiton, and most recently BHP Billiton.
    Tony's responsibilities at GAPCO will include the management and oversight
of the development of GAPCO's proposed alumina refinery and associated port,
township, and rail upgrades.
    "Tony's extensive experience in planning, building, and managing alumina
projects around the world will be invaluable as GAPCO aggressively pushes
forward with construction of our alumina refinery in Guinea," said Bruce
Wrobel, Chairman and CEO of GAPCO.  "With his experience from two Greenfield
project start-ups in Aughinish and Alunorte, Tony will ensure that industry
best practices are used during the construction and startup of our refinery."
    Most recently, Tony spent six years as BHP Billiton Aluminium's
International Project Manager where he was responsible for developing
expansion opportunities at all BHP Billiton's alumina plants as well as
Greenfield project development in several countries in Africa and Asia.  He
was on the steering committee of the recent Worsley expansion, which was the
largest brownfield expansion ever undertaken, and became part of the owners'
team during construction.  Tony was also involved in carrying out due
diligence on several new business opportunities in Venezuela, Australia and
India.
    Prior to BHP, Tony worked in an operational capacity in plants in Jamaica
and Aughinish in a plant maintenance role. He was also the key focal point at
Aughinish for implementing Alcan's Full Business Potential Strategy in the
early 1990's.   He also spent two years seconded to Alcan's corporate
headquarters working on international projects and setting up common technical
mechanical standards for all of Alcan's alumina refineries.
    "I wanted to be part of building an alumina refinery that will not only
transform the industry but provide meaningful development assistance to a
country," said Tony McCabe.  "I look forward to leveraging my experience and
global contact network to ensure GAPCO is able to build one of the world's
lowest cost, industry leading alumina refineries."
    Tony McCabe completed a Masters in Project Management in the University of
Limerick in addition to his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Hons.) from
University College Dublin.

    ABOUT GAPCO
    Global Alumina Products Corporation (GAPCO) is a company that intends to
use the vast bauxite resources of Guinea to produce alumina for sale to the
global aluminum industry.  GAPCO is positioned to be one of the largest
companies focused solely on alumina production and sales, and offers an
opportunity for socially responsible investing in a country that holds over
one-third of the world's bauxite resources.  GAPCO is headquartered in Saint
John, New Brunswick with operations in Boke, Guinea and has administrative
offices in New York, London, Montreal and Conakry, Guinea.  For further
information visit our website at http://www.globalalumina.com.

    This press release includes certain "forward-looking statements".  All
statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein,
including without limitation statements regarding future plans, goals and
objectives of GAPCO, are forward-looking statements that involve a number of
risks and uncertainties.  There can be no assurance that such statements will
prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ
materially from those anticipated in such statements.  Accordingly, readers
are cautioned to not place undue reliance upon the forward-looking statements
included herein.

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or accuracy of this release.

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