CANTEST Appoints New Director of Finance

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

April 19, 2004

Burnaby, British Columbia - CANTEST Ltd. is pleased to announce the recent addition of Simon Mortimer-Lamb to its executive team.

As a Chartered Accountant and Financial Analyst, Mr. Mortimer-Lamb carries over ten years of experience in the high technology sector. With firmly developed strategic planning and management skills, Simon’s past responsibilities have included private equity financing, financial modeling, investor relations and process control.

Today, Mr. Mortimer-Lamb leads CANTEST’s finance department. Overseeing all accounting activities, Simon is responsible for developing processes for modeling, budgeting and managing relationships with financial institutions. As a member of the executive team, he will play an integral role in CANTEST’s strategic planning, including areas of investment and M&A activities.

CANTEST is an employee-owned and operated full-service testing company offering professional analysis in areas of GLP bioanalysis, environment, food, microbiology, industrial health, and forensic drug chemistry. The company operates from Canadian offices in Burnaby, Richmond, Kelowna, Victoria and Winnipeg. CANTEST is also the flagship of the CANAM Laboratories Group, which operates facilities in Canada, the United States and Southeast Asia. 

For further information regarding the appointment of Simon Mortimer-Lamb, or to learn more about CANTEST’s analytical and support services, please contact:

Don Enns, President: denns@cantest.com

Steve Timuss, Director of Business Development: stimuss@cantest.com