Royal Road Minerals Announces Appointment of Sarah Armstrong-Montoya to the Board of Directors, Establishment of Special Advisory Board, Issue of Stock Options
Royal Road Minerals Announces Appointment
of Sarah Armstrong-Montoya to the Board of
Directors, Establishment of Special Advisory
Board, Issue of Stock Options
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 13, 2025) - Royal Road Minerals Limited (
TSXV: RYR
) ("
Royal
Road
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to announce the appointment of Sarah Armstrong-Montoya to the
Board of Directors. Additionally, the Company has established a "Special Advisory Board, Safety,
Security and Sustainability". Current Directors, Hugh Devlin and Guy Wallis, have proposed and agreed
to step down from the Board of Directors in-order to occupy roles on the Special Advisory Board.
Sarah has a legal background and previously worked at Xstrata Copper, Linklaters (Hong Kong) and
Corrs Chambers Westgarth (Australia). For the last 15 years Sarah has worked with the Ivanhoe group
of companies where she has held various senior management positions, directing transactions
throughout Asia-Pacific, North America and Latin America. In 2016, Sarah was appointed as Vice
President, General Counsel of Cordoba Minerals Corp (TSXV: CDB) and in June 2018 she was
appointed as President of subsidiary company, Minerales Cordoba S.A.S., managing all in-country
operations in Colombia. Sarah was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of Cordoba
Minerals Corp in April 2021.
Royal Road's commitment to safety, security and sustainability drives long-term value and reinforces its
reputation as a responsible exploration and development company. The Company has managed and
maintained the security and well-being of its employees in often complicated and testing operating
environments and has been formally recognized and awarded for its innovative approach to
sustainability. The appointment of Hugh and Guy to the newly established Special Advisory Board
ensures rigor, independent audit and experienced direction of Royal Road's ongoing operations and
sustainability initiatives.
The Company also announces that, effective May 19, 2025, it has granted an aggregate 1,250,000
stock options to purchase ordinary shares (the "Shares") in the capital of the Company, exercisable at a
price of $0.15 per Share for a period of two (2) years to certain directors of the Company. The Shares
issuable upon exercise of the options are subject to a four-month hold period from the original date of
grant. As of the date hereof, the outstanding options, including the options granted effective May 19,
2025, represent approximately 6% of the issued and outstanding Shares of the Company.
"We welcome Sarah to the Royal Road team where her unparalleled experience, especially with the
internationally successful Ivanhoe Group, will greatly enhance and support our continued transition into
the newly emerging jurisdictions of Saudi Arabia and Morocco whilst maintaining leverage to our
extensive Colombian project portfolio." Said Jon Hill, Royal Road's Chairman. "Hugh, a joint founder of
Royal Road and Guy, provide unequalled strategic and operational experience in highly challenging,
socially sensitive environments. The establishment of the Special Advisory Board at this juncture speaks
to the importance we place on safety, security and sustainability, especially as we rapidly expand drill-
testing of the impressive exploration target portfolio our technical teams have assembled in our
operating countries".
About Royal Road Minerals:
Royal Road Minerals is a mineral exploration and development company with its head office and
technical-operations center located in Jersey, Channel Islands. The Company is listed on the TSX
Venture Exchange under the ticker RYR and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the ticker RLU.
The Company's mission is to apply expert skills and innovative technologies to the process of
discovering and developing copper and gold deposits of a scale large enough to benefit future
generations and modern enough to ensure minimum impact on the environment and no net loss of
biodiversity. The Company currently explores in the Kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Morocco and in
Colombia. More information can be found on the Company's website
www.royalroadminerals.com
.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
Cautionary statement:
This news release contains certain statements that constitute forward-looking information and forward-
looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws (collectively, "forward-looking
statements") describing the Company's future plans and the expectations of its management that a
stated result or condition will occur. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements
of the Company, or developments in the Company's business or in the mineral resources industry, to
differ materially from the anticipated results, performance, achievements or developments expressed
or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include all disclosure
regarding possible events, conditions or results of operations that is based on assumptions about,
among other things, future economic conditions and courses of action, and assumptions related to
government approvals, and anticipated costs and expenditures. The words "plans", "prospective",
"expect", "intend", "intends to" and similar expressions identify forward looking statements, which may
also include, without limitation, any statement relating to future events, conditions or circumstances.
Forward-looking statements of the Company contained in this news release, which may prove to be
incorrect, include, but are not limited to the Company's exploration plans.
The Company cautions you not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements,
which speak only as of the date they are made. There is no guarantee that the anticipated benefits of
the Company's business plans or operations will be achieved. The risks and uncertainties that may
affect forward-looking statements include, among others: economic market conditions, anticipated
costs and expenditures, government approvals, and other risks detailed from time to time in the
Company's filings with Canadian provincial securities regulators or other applicable regulatory
authorities. Forward-looking statements included herein are based on the current plans, estimates,
projections, beliefs and opinions of the Company management and the Company does not undertake
any obligation to update forward-looking statements should assumptions related to these plans,
estimates, projections, beliefs and opinions change.
Contact
Royal Road Minerals Limited
+44 1534 887166
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