Thiam was appointed asmines minister on Jan 14 2009

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Undertaker wins his 7th World Heavyweight Championship on Sunday October 4th 2009. He is now facing CM Punk, Rey Mysterio, and Batista in a Fatal 4 way match at Bragging Rights for the world heavyweight championship October 25th brought to you by Xbox 360 and Smackdown vs Raw 2010. Signed Contracts Proclaimed to "Have Value of Law and Are Not Questioned"HOUSTON(Business Wire)Hyperdynamics Corporation (AMEX:HDY) announced that its team inside Guinea hascorroborated a release made by a major news service on Friday. The news releasereported that the Republic of Guineas junta, which seized power in December,will respect agreements. The news report referredto a public speech made by the newly appointed Minister of Mines and Geology,Mr. Mahmoud Thiam who announced on state-owned television that all signed miningcontracts "have value of law and are not questioned." Thiam was appointed asmines minister on Jan 14, 2009. On the same day, Guineas military governmentsaid they want to make sure that contractors adhere appropriately to all clausesof their contracts Hyperdynamics Vice President of African Affairs, Mr Famourou Kourouma returnedto Guinea on January 1, 2009.

He has been closely monitoring events with histeam in Guinea and has had meetings with top level government officials.According to Mr. Kourouma, Minister Thiam arrived in Guinea on Sunday the 18thand officially took his new office last Thursday. After beingchosen by the new government of Guinea he left for Guinea from New York Citywhere it was reported that he had been working as a banker for UBS. It isbelieved that he was one of the top picks by Prime Minister Komara, also abanker who was selected to serve under the new government last month. Hyperdynamics holds a 2006 Production Sharing Contract (PSC) with the Republicof Guinea that was signed on September 22, 2006 by then Minister of Mines andGeology, Dr.