Rise Gold Appoints Lawrence Lepard to Board of Directors
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Rise Gold Appoints Lawrence Lepard to Board of Directors
August 22, 2019 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Rise Gold Corp. (CSE: RISE , OTC QB:
RYES) (the “Company”) announces that Mr. Lawrence Lepard has been appointed as a direct or
of the Company.
Mr. Lepard runs Equity Management Associates, LLC , an investment partnership which has
focused on investing in precious metals since 2008.
Prior to EMA, Mr. Lepard spent 25 years as a professional investor and venture capitalist. From
1991 to 2004 he was one of two Managing Partners at Geocapital Partners in New Jersey which
managed six venture capital partnerships, the last of which was $250 million. Geocapital was very
active in technology, software and computer investing and invested heavily in the internet starting
in 1993. Geocapital was the lead investor in Netcom, Inc. , the first internet service provider to
complete an IPO in 1996. Prior to Geocapital Mr. Lepard spent 7 years as a General Par tner at
Summit Partners in Boston, MA. Summit is a large venture capital and private equity firm. He
was employee number 4, joining 1 year after Summit was launched. Mr. Lepard holds an MBA
with Academic Distinction from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Colgate
University.
The Company announces the grant of 7,512,840 stock options to employees and directors of the
Company pursuant to the terms of the Company’s Stock Option Plan. The options are exercisable
at C$0.07 per share for a period of five (5) years and expire on August 22, 2024.
About Rise Gold Corp.
Rise Gold is an exploration-stage mining company. The Company’s principal asset is the historic
Idaho-Maryland Gold Mine located in Nevada County, California, USA. The Idaho- Maryland
Gold Mine is a past-producing gold mine with total past production of 2,414,000 oz of gold at an
average mill head grade of 17 gpt gold from 1866-1955. Historic production at the Idaho-Maryland
Mine is disclosed in the Technical Report on the Idaho-Maryland Project dated June 1st, 2017 and
available on www.sedar.com. Rise Gold is incorporated in Nevada, USA and maintains its head
office in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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On behalf of the Board of Directors:
Benjamin Mossman
President, CEO and Director
Rise Gold Corp.
For further information, please contact:
RISE GOLD CORP.
Suite 650, 669 Howe Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 0B4
T: 604.260.4577
www.risegoldcorp.com
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