Renforth Appoints Dr. James Franklin as Principal Technical Advisor on the Surimeau VMS Discovery
January 27 2021 CSE: RFR
For Immediate Release
Renforth Appoints Dr. James Franklin as Principal Technical Advisor on the Surimeau VMS
Discovery
Renforth Resources Inc. (CSE – RFR) (“Renforth” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the
appointment of Dr. Franklin as the Principal Technical Advisor for our Surimeau VMS Discovery, located
adjacent to the Canadian Malartic Mine, in Malartic, Quebec and appro ximately 20 kms. south of
Agnico Eagle’s LaRonde Mine.
Dr. Franklin, a member of the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, brings to Renforth unparalleled expertise
in the identification and maturation of VMS deposits worldwide, an experience which will be put to
good use on our 215 km 2 Surimeau property, where we recently encountered visible nickel, zinc and
copper sulphides in our maiden 200m drill program targeting the southern 20km
geological/geophysical trend (PR Nov. 24/20). Our drilling, which was in the Victoria West area, in the
western end of the trend, extends the presence of mineralization (as seen in previous surface sampling
by Renforth and historic trenching, with limited drilling), to a strike length of 5 kms, with very little
drilling along that length. Prior to Renforth , the last significant work in the Victoria West area of the
Surimeau property was in the 1990’s by Lac Minerals.
“I consider Renforth fortunate to have at our disposal the knowledge and experience that is Dr.
Franklin, the cumulative result of a long, successful career spanning the globe, discovering and
developing a multitude of mineral depos its. This will focus and accelerate Renforth’s task, unlocking
the true potential of our VMS discovery at Surimeau, in as efficient a manner as possible, with an
experienced and high profile industry veteran on our team” states Nicole Brewster, President and CEO
of Renforth.
Short Form CV James M Franklin PhD FRSC, P Geo
Jim Franklin, originally from North Bay, Ontario, is focused on unravelling the reasons for the
exceptional mineral endowment of the Canadian Shield. His PhD thesis examined mineral depos its in
the Proterozoic of the Thunder Bay area. He initiated his post PhD research efforts at Lakehead
University, where he was the first economic geology professor (1969-75). He then joined the Geological
Survey of Canada, continuing base metal and gold r esearch throughout the Shield. In 1981 he took a
10-year “excursion” to lead the GSC’s Marine Minerals Program, discovering and drilling “black smoker”
systems on the modern seafloor: From this combination of sea- and land-based work, he developed a
robust set of guidelines that help steer modern exploration. In 1992 he became Chief Scientist for the
Geological Survey of Canada, responsible for steering the GSC’s entire science program, as well as
chairing the Federal-Provincial Geological Surveys committee, which included representing the GSC in
developing the Federal-Provincial Geoscience Accord.
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Since “retiring” from the GSC (1998) he has advised about 80 exploration companies world-wide, with
projects in every continent except Antarctica. Jim is a board member of three companies (Ur Energy,
Nuinsco Ltd., and Gold79Mines), and has been involved in the development of base metal, chrome and
uranium resources in the Ring of Fire, Sturgeon Lake, Wyoming and Mexico. He also serves as a senior
advisor to several others, including Millbrook Minerals Ltd. and the MacDonald - Red Pine group He
served as member of management boards for numerous public -service related organizations, and on
advisory committees to the Earth Sciences Sector of NRCan. He has received GAC’s Logan and Duncan
R Derry medals, CIM’s Selwyn Blaylock, A.O. Dufresne, Distinguished Lecturer and Julian Boldy
Memorial awards and SEG’s Thayer Lindsley and Distinguished Lecturer awards and its Penrose Gold
Medal. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a Fellow of Lakehead University, has been an
Adjunct Professor at several Ontario Universities, and a Past President of both the Geological
Association of Canada and the Society of Economic Geologists. In January 2019, he was inducted into
the Cana dian Mining Hall of Fame. He has published over 200 papers and book chapters, and
innumerable abstracts.
His passion is his continuing work towards the discovery of more new mines throughout the world,
with a focus on geochemical and alteration aspects of base metal, silver and gold -rich volcanogenic
massive sulfide deposits. He also enjoys mentoring students and giving short courses to aid in the
professional development of his geoscience colleagues. He gives several of these each year and has
had them translated into Spanish in three countries.
For further information please contact:
Renforth Resources Inc.
Nicole Brewster
President and Chief Executive Officer
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