Kirkland Lake Gold Announces Appointment of New Board Member
September 26 2019 - 4:15PM
Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. (“Kirkland Lake Gold” or
the “
Company”) (TSX:KL) (NYSE:KL) (ASX:KLA) today
announced that Ms. Elizabeth Lewis-Gray has been appointed to the
Company’s Board of Directors effective immediately.
Since 1996, Ms. Lewis-Gray has been the
co-founder, Managing Director and the Chair of Gekko Systems, a
world leader in precious metal mineral processing with a speciality
in low footprint, low energy processing plant solutions plus real
time gold data instrumentation and automation solutions. Gekko
System’s head office is based in Victoria, Australia. Ms.
Lewis-Gray has previously served as a director and Chair of
Austmine, the leading industry body for the Australian Mining,
Technology and Services (METS) sector and served for eight years on
the Australian Federal Government’s Innovation Australian Board. In
2015, she was asked to establish the Industry Growth Centre for
METS sector, METS Ignited, where she is currently acting as Deputy
Chair. METS Ignited is an industry-led, government funded, not for
profit organization that works with Australian suppliers to the
mining industry, global miners and research organizations to
improve competitiveness and productivity within the Australian
mining and METS sector. Ms. Lewis-Gray has a Bachelor of Economics
degree from Adelaide University, a Financial Securities diploma
from Financial Services Institute of Australia, and a Master of
Business Management and Honorary PhD from Federation University,
Australia. In addition, Ms. Lewis-Gray is a Fellow of the
Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (FAusIMM) and the
Academy of Technology, Science and Engineering (FTSE).
Jeffrey Parr, Chairman of the Board of Directors
of Kirkland Lake Gold, commented: “We are delighted to welcome
Elizabeth to Kirkland Lake Gold’s Board of Directors. She is a
successful entrepreneur whose extensive business experience will be
extremely valuable for our company as we continue to grow our
operations in Australia and Canada. In addition, Elizabeth is our
first corporate director from Australia, where our Fosterville Mine
has emerged as one of the world’s truly great gold producers, and
our Northern Territory assets are being advanced towards a
potential restart after being placed on care and maintenance in
June 2017. Elizabeth’s involvement with Austmine, the Federal
Government’s Innovation Australian Board and her ongoing commitment
to METS Ignited have provided her with considerable private and
public-sector experience, which we can now draw upon as we continue
to work at building our business franchise in Australia.”
About Kirkland Lake Gold
Ltd.
Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. is a growing gold
producer operating in Canada and Australia that produced 723,701
ounces in 2018 and is on track to achieve significant production
growth over the next three years, including target production of
950,000 – 1,000,000 ounces in 2019, 930,000 – 1,010,000 ounces in
2020 and 995,000 – 1,055,000 ounces in 2021. The production profile
of the Company is anchored by two high-grade, low-cost operations,
including the Macassa Mine located in Northern Ontario and the
Fosterville Mine located in the state of Victoria, Australia.
Kirkland Lake Gold's solid base of quality assets is complemented
by district scale exploration potential, supported by a strong
financial position with extensive management and operational
expertise.
For more information, please
contact:
Anthony Makuch, President, Chief Executive
Officer & DirectorPhone: +1 416-840-7884E-mail:
tmakuch@klgold.com
Mark Utting, Vice President, Investor
RelationsPhone: +1 416-840-7884E-mail:
mutting@klgold.comWebsite : www.klgold.com
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