SILVER MOUNTAIN ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND APPOINTMENT OF BOARD ADVISOR Experienced Mining Executives W. John DeCooman Jr. appointed to the Board and Gerardo Fernandez appointed as a Board advisor as the Company progresses towards the planned
SILVER MOUNTAIN ANNOUNCES
APPOINTMENT TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
AND APPOINTMENT OF BOARD ADVISOR
Experienced Mining Executives
W. John DeCooman Jr.
appointed to the Board and
Gerardo
Fernandez
appointed as a Board advisor as the Company progresses towards the planned
recommencement of operations at the Reliquias Mine in 2025
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TORONTO
,
Jan. 24, 2024
/CNW/ - Silver Mountain Resources Inc. (TSXV: AGMR) (OTCQB:
AGMRF) (BVL: AGMR) ("
Silver Mountain
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to announce that W.
John
DeCooman Jr.
has been appointed as a director of the Company and
Gerardo Fernandez
has been
appointed as a board advisor, each effective
January 23, 2024
.
Mr. DeCooman has nearly 30 years of executive leadership and director experience relating to
corporate strategy, finance, metals concentrate sales, capital markets, mergers, acquisitions and
divestitures. From 2020 to 2023, Mr. DeCooman led the start-up of Sweetwater Royalties
("
Sweetwater
") as President and CEO, a
$1.3 billion
, privately-held base and industrial minerals
royalty company. Prior to Sweetwater, Mr. DeCooman was Senior Vice President for Business
Development and Strategy at SSR Mining from 2009 to 2020. Mr. DeCooman also served in various
analyst and investment capacities for more than ten years in banking. Mr. DeCooman is a graduate
of The
Pennsylvania State University
with a Bachelor of Science, Mineral Economics and the
Colorado School of Mines
with a Master of Science, Mineral Economics.
Mr. Fernandez is an experienced mining executive with substantial business and operational
experience in the mining industry. Mr. Fernandez is currently the Chief Development Officer of Allied
Gold Corporation and acts as a strategic advisor to Adventus Mining Corporation. Mr. Fernandez
was previously Senior Vice President, Corporate Development of Yamana Gold Inc., having worked
in several leadership positions in operations, strategic planning and project development. Mr.
Fernandez holds a Masters of Business Administration (
Nevada, USA
) and degrees in Civil Mining
Engineering and BSc. Engineering from the University of
Chile
.
"It is with great pleasure that we announce Mr. DeCooman as the newest member of our board of
directors and Mr. Fernandez as a board advisor. Each of Mr. DeCooman and Mr. Fernandez are
accomplished mining executives with significant experience in the industry, through project finance,
advisory and leadership roles. We have no doubt that their extensive knowledge of, and involvement
in, the resource sector will provide value to Silver Mountain and its shareholders as the Company
advances towards the commencement of operations at the Reliquias Mine in 2025," stated
Jose
Vizquerra
, the Chairman of the Company.
About Silver Mountain Resources Inc.
Silver Mountain is a silver explorer and mine developer planning to restart production at the Reliquias
underground mine and undertake exploration activities at its prospective silver camps at the
Castrovirreyna Project in Huancavelica,
Peru
.
For additional information in respect of the Castrovirreyna Project, please refer to the Company's
technical report, titled NI 43-101 Technical Report Mineral Resource Estimate for the ReliquiasMine,
Huancavelica-
Peru
, dated
March 27, 2023
, effective date
March 18, 2023
, available at
www.sedarplus.ca
.
For further information about our drill program, including cross sections of the main veins with drill
hole locations, please refer to our corporate presentation, available on our website at
www.agmr.ca
Silver Mountain's subsidiary Sociedad Minera Reliquias S.A.C. owns 100% of its concessions
andholds more than 60,000 hectares in the district of Castrovirreyna, Huancavelica,
Peru
.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information within the
meaning of Canadian securities legislation (collectively, "
forward-looking statements
") that relate
to Silver Mountain's current expectations and views of future events. Any statements that express, or
involve discussions as to, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or future events or
performance (often, but not always, through the use of words or phrases such as "will likely result",
"are expected to", "expects", "will continue", "is anticipated", "anticipates", "believes", "estimated",
"intends", "plans", "forecast", "projection", "strategy", "objective" and "outlook") are not historical
facts and may be forward-looking statements and may involve estimates, assumptions and
uncertainties which could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed
in such forward-looking statements. No assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to
be correct and such forward-looking statements included in this news release should not be unduly
relied upon. These statements speak only as of the date of this news release.
Forward-looking statements are based on a number of assumptions and are subject to a number of
risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Silver Mountain's control, which could cause
actual results and events to differ materially from those that are disclosed in or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the factors
set forth under "
Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements"
and "
Risk Factors
" in the
Company's annual information form dated
August 14, 2023
, and other disclosure documents
available on the Company's profile at
www.sedarplus.ca
. Silver Mountain undertakes no obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise, except as may be required by law. New factors emerge from time to time, and
it is not possible for Silver Mountain to predict all of them or assess the impact of each such factor
or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially
from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Any forward-looking statements contained in
this news release are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.
SOURCE
Silver Mountain Resources Inc.
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For further information:
Alvaro Espinoza, Chief Executive Officer, [email protected], Silver
Mountain Resources Inc, 82 Richmond Street East, Toronto, ON M5C 1P1, +51 997 377 968,
[email protected], www.agmr.ca
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