ATEX Announces Formation of Advisory Committee
ATEX Announces Formation of Advisory Committee
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 11, 2019 - ATEX Resources Inc. (TSXV:ATX) ("ATEX")
is pleased to announce the establishment of an Advisory Committ ee to provide guidance to the
Board of Directors and management on strategic issues affecting ATEX. The Advisory
Committee members are Dr. Albrecht Schneider, Dr. Raymond Janna s, Antonio Ortuzar V. and
Kevin MacLean.
“The establishment of a strong Advisory Committee is a step for ward towards developing ATEX
into a significant Americas-focused minerals explorer,” stated Carl Hansen, CEO of ATEX.
“Collectively, the committee members bring a wealth of diverse expertise from a range of
relevant fields which we will leverage as we identify, acquire, explore and develop projects in
Latin America.”
The Chairman of the Advisory Committee is Albrecht Schneider, P h.D. (Imperial College,
London University), a geologist with 40 years’ experience in th e mining and mineral exploration
industry. Dr. Schneider was the Chairman of Atacama Pacific Go ld from its formation in 2011
until the company was sold to RIO2 in 2018. Prior to Atacama, he was a consultant to Andina
Minerals, Senior VP of Exploration of TVX Gold and acted as a c onsultant for numerous major
mining companies including Antofagasta, TVX Normandy Americas, Newmont Mining, Kinross
Gold and Gold Fields. Over the course of his career, Dr. Schne ider has been instrumental in
the discovery of a number precious metals deposits in Chile inc luding Cerro Maricunga, Volcan
and Salares Norte as well as leading the teams outlining the As acha and Zolotoe deposits in
Russia, the Kasperske Hory deposit in the Czech Republic and th e Skouries deposit in Greece.
Dr. Schneider is currently the President of SBX Consultores, a geological consulting firm in
Santiago, Chile and is a director of RIO2.
Raymond Jannas, Ph.D. (Harvard University) has over 35 years’ e xperience in mining geology,
exploration and business development focused in Latin America i n addition to world-wide
project generation. Dr. Jannas headed the exploration teams that led to the discove ry of
Pascua-Lama, El Morro and Johanna in Chile, and Choco 10 in Ven ezuela, as well as the
acquisition of Cerro Corona in Peru. He has held senior positi ons with Gold Fields, Barrick
Gold, LAC Minerals, Hochschild Mining, Metallica Resources, St. Joe Minerals, Rosario
Resources and Minera Fuego. Currently, Dr. Jannas is President of Gexca Ltda., a Chilean-
based consulting company and is Par tner/Advisor to Minera Santa Enma as well as serving on
the board of directors of two TSXV-listed companies.
Antonio Ortuzar V. is the Managing Partner for Servicios Legale s Baker McKenzie SpA.,
Santiago and is the leader of the Global Mining Group for Baker McKenzie LLP. Mr. Ortuzar
has extensive experience in all aspects of mining and natural r esources project development
and financing, mergers & acquisitions, securities and capital m arkets. He represents mining
clients in all stages of their projects from “greenfield” to “b rownfield”, including acquisition,
financing, exploitation, operation and closure.
Kevin MacLean, CFA, P.ENG., has over 30 years’ experience speci alizing in precious metals
and mining investments. He was the Senior Portfolio Manager heading the resource investment
team at Sentry Investments until 2017 with peak assets under managem ent of approximately $2
billion. M r . M a cLean received 13 Lipper Awards over multiple time periods for b est risk-
adjusted returns in the gold mining sector and was the recipien t of 7 Brendan Wood
International Top Gun awards for recognition of being a leading mind in the gold mining sector.
Currently, Mr. MacLean works as a strategic consultant to mining companies.
About ATEX Resources Inc.
ATEX is a mineral exploration co mpany focused on the acquisitio n, development and
monetization of projects throughout the Americas.
On behalf of ATEX Resources Inc.,
Carl Hansen, CEO
For more information, email [email protected] or call 604 684 7160.
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