Centaurus Diamond Technologies, Inc. announced the appointments of Mr. Alvin Snaper as Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer and Mr. Wayne Prentice as President. Mr. Snaper will serve as Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer of the company, overseeing all technical aspects related to "cultured" diamond production. In addition to holding patents and modifying existing technologies for laboratory-grown diamonds, Mr. Snaper is the developer of the company's proprietary technologies for the production of "cultured" diamonds. Throughout his illustrious career, Mr. Snaper has founded numerous and held management and engineering positions at: Neo-Dyne Research Inc., where he served as founder and developed and perfected product based on his patents; at Advanced Patent Technology Inc., where he served as Vice President - Director of Research - Corporate Director; at the Independent Consulting firm where he served as founder and became the first multi-technology Registered Engineer licensed in the state of California; at McGraw Colorgraph where he was responsible for overseeing all foreign and domestic testing of photographic systems; and at Bakelite Division of Union Carbide where he assisted in the development of a pilot plan for plastics manufacture. Mr. Wayne Prentice will serve as Chief Operating Officer of the company. His responsibilities include business development, strategic planning, marketing, production coordination and various administrative roles. With over 20 years of direct experience in gemology, Mr. Prentice has worked in the gem industry as a broker of one-of-a-kind gems, as a wholesale gemstone dealer and as a gem cutter. After graduation, he accepted a position as GIA Resident Instructor of Colored Stones and Gem identification (August 1986 through September 1988). He continues to act as a gemological consultant, providing services for both commercial and private clientele and his corporate clients have included Kennecott Minerals, D. Swarovski & Co., Chatham Inc.