VANCOUVER, BC, July 14, 2020 /CNW/ - Heatherdale Resources Ltd.
("Heatherdale" or the "Company") (TSXV: HTR) is pleased to announce
that Don Birak, Ron Stewart, Edie
Thome and Jessica Van Den
Akker will be presented as new nominees to the board of
directors of Heatherdale Resources Ltd, in addition to current
director and CEO Robert McLeod, at
Heatherdale's upcoming annual
general meeting to be held on August 12,
2020. Directors Lena Brommeland and Robert Dickinson will not be standing for
re-election.
"Our shareholders would be well served with this outstanding
slate of Directors with a strong and diverse background in natural
resources", said Rob McLeod, CEO of
Heatherdale. "All four new candidates are aligned with
management in the vision for the Company and possess a strong
balance of technical, audit, finance, governance and ESG
experience. Additionally, I would like to thank
Directors Brommeland and Dickinson for their service to the Company
and wish them well in their future endeavours."
Biographies of the Director Candidates are as follows:
Don Birak
Mr. Donald J. Birak is a senior geologist with over 40
years of experience in the minerals industry. Currently, he
consults on mineral property evaluation and greenfields and
brownfields exploration programs. Previously, Mr. Birak was
Senior Vice President of Exploration for Coeur Mining Inc. with
responsibility for the design and guidance of all aspects of the
company's global exploration activities and also served as Vice
President of Exploration for AngloGold Ashanti North America (formerly Independence
Mining Co.) and Hudbay Mining (formerly Hudson Bay Mining and
Smelting). In 2000 he was distinguished with the "Bill Dennis
Prospector of the Year" award presented by the Prospectors and
Developers Association of Canada,
along with his key exploration team members, in recognition of new
copper and zinc deposit discoveries in the Flin Flon-Snow
Lake region of Manitoba,
Canada.
Mr. Birak has a Master of Science degree in Geology from
Bowling Green State University, with a
graduate thesis on the geology of the Groveland Iron Mine in
northern Michigan. He has authored and co-authored several
professional publications on the geology and metallurgy of
sediment-hosted and epithermal precious metal deposits and on the
use of geostatistics in resource modeling and grade control.
He is an active member of the Society of Economic Geologists
("SEG") and is currently a member of the Budget and Investment
committees of SEG. He is a Registered Member of the Society
for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration ("SME") and a Fellow of the
Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy ("AusIMM").
He is an independent director of Dolly Varden Silver Corporation
and Revival Gold Inc.
Ronald Stewart, P.Geo
Mr. Ronald Stewart is a mining
professional with over 35 years of experience in the mining
industry and related capital markets. He was previously
Senior Vice President, Technical Services and Corporate Development
at Guyana Goldfields, and prior to that, President and CEO of
Beaufield Resources, which was acquired by Osisko Mining.
Additionally, Mr. Stewart served as Vice-President of
Exploration for Kinross Gold.
He is also highly experienced in the capital markets and was
an award-winning equity analyst and investment banker at Dundee
Securities, Clarus Securities and Macquarie Capital Markets. He
currently serves on the Board of Freeman Gold Corp. and is
President of AuCu Consulting.
Edie Thome
Ms. Edie Thome brings a wealth of
senior leadership experience in government relations, governance,
environmental permitting and compliance as well as on-the-ground
experience working with stakeholders, First Nations and indigenous
groups, elected officials and land owners on projects and
operations in the natural resource sector. Through her work, she
has a proven track record of success with advocacy efforts at both
the provincial and federal levels and, specifically, contributing
to changes to the legislative and regulatory frameworks that
support responsible resource development within Canada.
Most recently, Ms. Thome was the President & Chief Executive
Officer of The Association for Mineral Exploration ("AME") in
Vancouver, B.C. Prior to that
appointment, as the Director - Environment, Permitting and
Compliance, Aboriginal Relations and Public Affairs at BC Hydro,
she was responsible for permitting and compliance, Aboriginal
relations and government/public affairs for the ~$9b Site C Clean Energy Project. Her management
experience also includes over four years as Vice President,
Customer Service, Airport Operations and Corporate Communications
for Harmony Airways.
Ms. Thome brings a keen understanding of leadership and
governance, gained through her service both in the AME Board of
Directors and as the Chair of the Board of the Canadian Hydropower
Association, a national, non-profit organization. In addition, Ms.
Thome serves as an independent director for Wesdome Gold Mines
Ltd.
Ms. Thome is completing her Directors Education Program through
the Institute of Corporate Directors and holds an Architectural
Technology diploma as well as a BFA from The University of Alberta.
Jessica Van Den Akker,
CA
Ms. Van Den Akker is a Chartered
Professional Accountant (CA) with 15 years' experience in the
resource sector. She gained extensive experience through a
Canadian audit firm providing reporting and accounting assurance
services to publicly traded companies, primarily in natural
resources. She is the CFO for Kore Mining, and a
Director Northway Resources Corp. and Lastmile Holdings Ltd.
Ms. Van Den Akker is a graduate
of Simon Fraser University where she
received a Bachelor of Business Administration. She is
also Treasurer for The Association of Mineral Exploration.
For additional information, see the Company's information
circular dated July 7, 2020 which is available at
www.sedar.com.
About Heatherdale
Heatherdale Resources Ltd. owns 100% of the high-grade Niblack
copper-gold-zinc-silver VMS project, located adjacent to tidewater
in southeast Alaska.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Robert McLeod
Robert McLeod, P.Geo
CEO and Director
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applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking statements
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expectations or beliefs of management of the Company regarding
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limitation, statements regarding future business plans.
These forward–looking statements involve numerous risks
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results suggested in any forward-looking statements. These risks
and uncertainties include, among other things, market volatility;
the state of the financial markets for the Company's securities;
and changes in the Company's business plans. In making the
forward looking statements in this news release, the Company has
applied several material assumptions that the Company believes are
reasonable, including without limitation, that the Company will
continue with its stated business objectives. Although management
of the Company has attempted to identify important factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those
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forward-looking information or financial out-look that are
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Company's continuous disclosure filings that are available at
www.sedar.com.
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