Liberty Gold Corp. (TSX:LGD; OTCQX:LGDTF) ("Liberty Gold" or the
“Company”) is pleased to announce that Mr. Jason Attew has been
appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and Director of the
Company, effective October 11, 2022. Mr. Attew succeeds Cal
Everett, who will be retiring from his role as President and CEO
but will continue as an active and engaged member of the Board of
Directors.
Dr. Mark O’Dea, Chairman said,
“Cal Everett has been a strong and creative leader during his
tenure as CEO at Liberty Gold. He has been central to the Company’s
major achievements including the key acquisition of Black Pine and
the important sale of Halilağa. His strengths in financing, deal
making and corporate strategy, have created a well-funded Company
that is underpinned by great gold projects and managed by an
exceptional technical team. On behalf of the entire Board, I’d like
to thank Cal for his energy and leadership over the past six years.
I look forward to continuing to work with Cal on the Board.
“I’d like to welcome Jason Attew to Liberty
Gold. Jason is a proven CEO, with a unique combination of
leadership, strategic and market facing skills and has advised on
some of the most formative and transformational mergers and
acquisitions transactions in the mining sector in recent years.
Jason has been an exceptional value creator in his almost 30-year
career in the mining industry, and we are excited for the future of
Liberty Gold under Jason’s leadership.”
Mr. Everett said, “My six-year
tenure with Liberty Gold was incredibly rewarding. The Liberty Gold
team found several million Carlin-style oxide gold ounces in the
Great Basin. We have found deposits and sold assets, acquired
ownership positions in public companies, hold a royalty portfolio,
and monetized over US$30 million in asset divestments with no
dilution to the share holder base. Funds have been re-deployed into
the Black Pine project, resulting in the discovery and definition
of an extensive gold system that is still open for expansion in all
directions. The entire Liberty Gold team creates the success that
we all share equally, and I am very proud of everyone at Liberty
Gold.
“Attracting Jason to Liberty Gold is exciting in
that he brings his broad connection base on the buy-side, sell-side
and corporate finance segments of our industry. I am happy to
remain on the Board of Directors and will work closely with Jason
over the next few months as he gets fully up to speed on our
projects, shareholders base and business development
opportunities.”
Mr. Attew said,
“The attraction to becoming the new leader of
Liberty Gold lies in its assets and its people. The Liberty Gold
team has and continues to demonstrate the growth and prospectivity
of Carlin-style heap leachable deposits which are becoming quite
rare in the hands of non-producers. The value-enhancing land and
water rights acquisitions, the geological exploration and
engineering work to date under Cal's leadership have significantly
de-risked the projects and I am fortunate to have been recruited to
take the Company and its prospects forward. I am thankful for the
trust of Mark and the Liberty Gold board, and I am keen to get to
work.”
Mr. Attew was most recently President and CEO of
Gold Standard Ventures Corp. that held the South Railroad Project,
an open pit, heap leach project located on the prolific Carlin
trend in Nevada, and successfully negotiated the acquisition by
Orla Mining Ltd. for C$ 242 million. Prior to this role he was CFO
of Goldcorp Inc. where he also led the Investor Relations,
Corporate Development and Strategy functions through until
Goldcorp’s US$32 billion merger with Newmont Mining Corporation in
April 2019. Previously, Mr. Attew was a senior investment banker
with BMO Global Metals and Mining Group, his background has led to
extensive capital markets experience.
Concurrent C$300,000 Private
Placement
Liberty Gold is also pleased to announce that
Mr. Attew will be participating in a private placement as part of
his commencement. Mr. Attew will purchase on a private-placement
basis 759,494 common shares of the Company (“Common Shares”) at a
price of C$0.395 per Common Share, for total gross proceeds of
C$300,000. Each Common Share is subject to a statutory 4-month hold
from the date of issuance. The private placement is subject to the
receipt of all necessary approvals including the approval of the
Toronto Stock Exchange and applicable securities regulatory
authorities.
ABOUT LIBERTY GOLD
Liberty Gold is focused on exploring for and
developing open pit oxide deposits in the Great Basin of the United
States, home to large-scale gold projects that are ideal for
open-pit mining. This region is one of the most prolific
gold-producing regions in the world and stretches across Nevada and
into Idaho and Utah. We know the Great Basin and are driven to
discover and advance big gold deposits that can be mined profitably
in open-pit scenarios. Our flagship projects are Black Pine in
Idaho and Goldstrike in Utah, both past-producing open-pit mines,
where previous operators only scratched the surface.
For more information, visit libertygold.ca or contact:
Susie Bell, Manager, Investor Relations Phone:
604-632-4677 or Toll Free 1-877-632-4677 info@libertygold.ca
All statements in this press release, other than
statements of historical fact, are "forward-looking information"
with respect to Liberty Gold within the meaning of applicable
securities laws, including statements that address potential
quantity and/or grade of minerals, the potential size of the
mineralized zone, plans with respect to exploration and development
plans of Goldstrike and the timing thereof, and the objectives of
the drilling program. Forward-looking information is often, but not
always, identified by the use of words such as "seek",
"anticipate", "plan", "continue", "planned", "expect", "project",
"predict", "potential", "targeting", "intends", "believe",
"potential", and similar expressions, or describes a "goal", or
variation of such words and phrases or state that certain actions,
events or results "may", "should", "could", "would", "might" or
"will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking information
is not a guarantee of future performance and is based upon a number
of estimates and assumptions of management at the date the
statements are made including, among others, assumptions about
future prices of gold, and other metal prices, currency exchange
rates and interest rates, favourable operating conditions,
political stability, obtaining governmental approvals and financing
on time, obtaining renewals for existing licenses and permits and
obtaining required licenses and permits, labour stability,
stability in market conditions, the impact from the pandemic of the
novel coronavirus (COVID-19), availability of equipment, timing of
the publication of any technical reports, the availability of drill
rigs, successful resolution of disputes and anticipated costs and
expenditures. Many assumptions are based on factors and events that
are not within the control of Liberty Gold and there is no
assurance they will prove to be correct.
Such forward-looking information, involves known
and unknown risks, which may cause the actual results to be
materially different from any future results expressed or implied
by such forward-looking information, including, risks related to
the interpretation of results and/or the reliance on technical
information provided by third parties as related to the Company’s
mineral property interests; changes in project parameters as plans
continue to be refined; current economic conditions; future prices
of commodities; possible variations in grade or recovery rates; the
costs and timing of the development of new deposits; failure of
equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; the failure of
contracted parties to perform; the timing and success of
exploration activities generally; the timing of the publication of
any technical reports; delays in permitting; possible claims
against the Company; labour disputes and other risks of the mining
industry, including impacts from the pandemic of the novel
coronavirus (COVID-19); delays in obtaining governmental approvals,
financing or in the completion of exploration as well as those
factors discussed in the Annual Information Form of the Company
dated March 25, 2022 in the section entitled "Risk Factors", under
Liberty Gold’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
Although Liberty Gold has attempted to identify
important factors that could cause actual actions, events, or
results to differ materially from those described in
forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause
actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or
intended. There can be no assurance that such information will
prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could
differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
Liberty Gold disclaims any intention or obligation to update or
revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
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