K2 Energy names two top executives

K2 Energy Corp., Calgary, appointed David H. Young to the position of president and CEO, and it also named Michael C. Erickson as its chief operating officer.

July 21, 2003

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, July 21 -- K2 Energy Corp., Calgary, appointed David H. Young to the position of president and CEO, and it also named Michael C. Erickson as its chief operating officer.

Paul MacKay, K2's current president & CEO, is stepping down to resume his previous role as technical advisor.

Young is president and majority owner of The Hamilton Group Inc., a Toronto-based private investment holding company with subsidiaries in Canada and France. In addition, HGI has an active investment portfolio in Canadian public energy companies.

Through HGI and its affiliated companies, Young is the largest shareholder in K2 with 18.6% interest.

Erickson has been with K2 since June 1996. He will concentrate on the company's oil and gas operations on the Blackfeet Reservation.