True North Gems Corporate Update
Vancouver – February 20, 2017 – True North Gems Inc. (TGX: TSX‐V, or “the Company”) announces today, the resignation of Nicholas Houghton as CEO, President and Director and the appointment of Andrew Lee Smith as Interim CEO.
The Board wishes to thank Mr. Houghton for his service since being appointed in 2010 and is pleased to have Mr. Smith accept the Interim CEO position. Mr. Smith is the Founder, former CEO of True North Gems and has served as a Director since 2001.
In appointing the Interim CEO, the Board has charged Mr. Smith with a mandate to advance the interests of shareholders through the evaluation of strategic alternatives to recover shareholder value, providing oversight in the search for experienced management candidates capable of developing and executing a revised business plan, and, holding Greenland authorities accountable for a fair and transparent bankruptcy process currently being applied to the Company’s majority owned Greenlandic subsidiary.
Andrew Lee Smith, Interim CEO On behalf of the Board of Directors of True North Gems Inc.
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