TORONTO, Sept. 8, 2020 /CNW/ - Orford Mining
Corporation ("Orford")
(TSXV: ORM) is pleased to announce today the appointment of
Michelle Sciortino as Vice
President, Exploration. Ms. Sciortino has been Senior
Geologist at Orford since before
the company went public and has been a key part of the company
success. Ms. Sciortino is a Professional Geoscientist with over 14
years experience in the mineral exploration sector. Ms. Sciortino
has a BSc. and a MASc. in Geology from University of Toronto.
Orford is also pleased to announce
the appointment of Alger St-Jean as Chief Geoscientist for the
Corporation. Alger will
continue to guide the company exploration activities as he had as
Vice President, Exploration since before the formation of
Orford three years ago. Mr.
St-Jean has over 25 years experience in mineral exploration and
development. Mr. St-Jean holds a BSc in Geology from
St. Francis Xavier University and a MSc
in Geology from McGill University.
In relation to these appointments, 250,000 stock options have
been granted. The options, which are exercisable at $0.19 per common share, will vest over three
years and expire ten years from the date of grant.
David Christie, President and
CEO, commented "We are looking forward to the continued geological
leadership from Michelle and Alger
on our projects as we continue to explore them. We also look
forward to their guidance as Orford continues to grow its asset base".
The Nunavik regional government has recently developed a policy
for the resumption of exploration work on existing projects in the
Nunavik region of Quebec under
certain conditions designed to minimize COVID-19 transmission risk
for northern communities. Orford will work closely and carefully with
local and regional authorities to develop prevention plans for
future work in 2021 on the Qiqavik Gold and West Raglan
Nickel-Cobalt-PGE properties.
About Orford Mining Corporation
Orford Mining is a gold explorer focused on highly prospective
and underexplored areas of Northern
Quebec. Orford's principal
assets are the Qiqavik and West Raglan projects comprising a land
package totaling over 80,000 hectares in the Cape Smith Belt of
Northern Quebec. The Qiqavik
Project hosts several new high-grade gold discoveries along a
mineralized trend in excess of 40 km. The West Raglan project hosts
a number of high grade Raglan-style nickel/copper/platinum group
metal discoveries along a 55 km mineralized trend. Orford also recently acquired two property
positions in the Joutel region of the Abitibi district of northern
Quebec, which hosts historical
deposits such as the Eagle/Telbel, Joutel Copper, Poirier Copper, and Vezza deposits. Orford continually seeks new gold exploration
opportunities in North America.
Orford's common shares trade on
the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol ORM. This information
from neighbouring properties is not necessarily indicative of the
mineralization on Orford Mining's properties.
To view further details about the Qiqavik and West Raglan
Projects please visit Orford's
website, www.orfordmining.com.
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and capital resources of Orford
and potential of one or more of the Qiqavik, and West
Raglan, properties.
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SOURCE Orford Mining Corporation