Orezone Announces Management Changes and Corporate Update
May 22 2017 - 5:01PM
Orezone Gold Corporation (“Orezone” or the
“Company”) (TSXV:ORE) today announces changes to
management and is also providing a corporate update in respect to
the development of the Bomboré Gold Project in Burkina Faso.
Management Changes
The Board of Directors (the “Board”) and Mr.
Ronald Little have agreed that he will step down as President,
Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company effective
today. The Board would like to thank Ron for all his efforts
and the Board wishes him well in his future endeavors.
Mr. Patrick Downey, who is currently Executive
Chairman, has been appointed President and CEO of Orezone. Mr.
Downey was appointed non-executive Chairman in September 2016 and
subsequently was appointed Executive Chairman in January
2017. Mr. Downey will now step down from the Executive
Chairman role.
Mr. Keith Peck will assume the role of Chairman
of the Board and work closely with Mr. Downey on overall corporate
strategy. Mr. Peck has been a director since 2011.
Mr. Downey has over 30 years of international
experience in the resource industry. He held the position of
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director for Elgin Mining
Inc. prior to its acquisition by Mandalay Resources Inc., Aura
Minerals Inc. and previously Viceroy Exploration Ltd. before its
acquisition by Yamana Gold Inc. in 2006 for $600 million. Mr.
Downey also served as President of Oliver Gold Corporation, where
he negotiated their successful merger to form Canico Resource
Corp., which was purchased by CVRD in 2006 for over $800 million.
He has held numerous senior engineering positions at several
large-scale gold mining operations and has also held operating
positions at several mining projects for Anglo American Corporation
in South Africa. Mr. Downey holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours)
degree in Engineering from Queen's University in Belfast,
Ireland.
Keith Peck is Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Lincoln Peck Financial Inc., a financial advisory firm
focused on the resource sector. He has over 30 years of
investment banking experience and has a broad business background
that includes financings in public and private markets and mergers
and acquisitions.
Corporate Update
As previously disclosed, the Company has
instructed Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. in Toronto, Ontario, to
review the Bomboré Gold Project mineralization for potential
inclusion in an updated mineral reserve and mine plan. The Company
has now been notified by RPA that the reserve report and updated
feasibility study will be delayed until the third quarter of 2017.
Management will now work closely with its consultants to ensure
that there are no further delays.
The Company will provide a further update on
timing once available.
About Orezone Gold
Corporation
Orezone is a Canadian company with a successful
gold discovery track record and recent mine development experience
in Burkina Faso, West Africa. The Company owns a 90% interest in
Bomboré, a fully permitted, undeveloped oxide gold deposit in West
Africa, which is situated 85 km east of the capital city, adjacent
to an international highway.
For further information, please visit the
Company website at www.orezone.com.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation
Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
Orezone Gold Corporation
Patrick Downey,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Tel: 1 613 241 3699 / Toll Free: 1 888 673 0663
info@orezone.com / www.orezone.com
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