Altair Resources Adds Two New Directors With Mining Industry Experience
Altair Resources Inc.
#1305 – 1090 W. Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 3V7 Canada
Altair Resources Adds Two New Directors With Mining Industry Experience
Vancouver, British Columbia – May 28, 2021: ALTAIR RESOURCES INC. (“ALTAIR” or the Company”)
(TSX-V: AVX; Germany FRA: 90A; ISIN: CA02137W2004; WKN: WKN A2ALMP), Mr. George S. Young, on
behalf of the Board of Directors, is pleased to report that Dr. Michael G. Nelson and Mr. Wayne Koshman have been
appointed as new directors of the Company.
Dr. Michael G. Nelson is a mining and metallurgical engineer with 46 years of experience in the mining industry, and
as a mining professor. He worked full -time in the private sector for 20 years, with U.S. Steel, Kennecott Copper,
Westinghouse Electric, Consolidation Coal, and EIMCO Process Equipment. Dr. Nelson was Professor of Mining
Engineering and Manager of the Silver Fox Mine at the University of Alaska Fairbanks for 5 years, and is now
Professor of Mining Engineering at the University of Utah, where he recently s erved as Department Chair for 11
years. Dr. Nelson teaches courses and conducts research in mine ventilation, health and safety, machine automation,
statistics, risk management, and mine finance. He holds eight U.S. and one Canadian patent, all in mining and mineral
processing technology. In 2019, he was recognized as Distinguished Member and Fellow of the Society for Mining,
Metallurgy, & Exploration. Dr. Nelson graduated with a B.S. degree (with honours – cum laude) in Metallurgical
Engineering in 1975 and an M.S. degree in Physics in 1983, both from the University of Utah. In 198 9 he received a
Ph.D. degree in Mineral Engineering from West Virginia University.
Mr. Wayne Koshman, a resident of Vancouver , has a 30 -year business career, with a successful track record as an
entrepreneur and businessman in the mining and oil & gas sectors. Mr. Koshman has entered diverse and challenging
markets and countries and has been able to succeed where many others have not. He has leveraged his experience and
networks in the resource sector, completing business transactions exceeding $200 million. In 2020, he founded Red
Sea Resources , an Egypt -focused gold exploration and development company that has recently won 5 significant
exploration blocks in Egypt’s Eastern Desert. Mr. Koshman founded Tunisia based Voyageur Oil and Gas, a company
that invested nearly $150 million with its partner Anadarko Petroleum to discover one of the largest shale gas deposits
in North Africa. He also founded Dynasty Gold, one of the first Canadian mining companies to enter China completing
two joint ventures with Chinese state mining companies. He was President of Terrawest Resources , a Chinese based
coal bed methane exploration company. Terrawest was the first foreign company to sign an onshore PSA with
PetroChina for the development of coalbed methane fields in Northwest China.
“ALTAIR is very fortunate to have recruited Dr. Nelson and Mr. Koshman to join the team and their experience and
connections will contribute to success on the Company’s promising opportunities ”, stated Mr. Young. “ We are
stepping up with this significant technical and mining industry experience onto the Board of Directors” CEO Young
added. The two new directors fill current vacancies on the board and are also recommended for election at the
Company’s upcoming Annual General Meeting on June 24 th. Mr. Koshman will also provide his skills and expertise
to the Company by serving on the management team as Vice-President of Corporate Development beginning June 1st.
The previously announced letter of intent with International Millennium Mining Inc. to acquire a 65% interest in the
Simon Property located in the state of Nevada represents a beginning to ALTAIR’s growth process. A past producer,
the Simon Property presents an excellen t opportunity for adding value employing low -cost exploration activities to
identify prime drilling sites in six anomalous zones previously identified with gold, silver and copper mineralization.
The Simon Property lies within the region that hosts the pr olific Tonopah District, the Round Mountain gold mine,
and numerous other successful mining projects.
ALTAIR is also continuing with its consideration and negotiations on other properties. The Company is evaluating
the potential to acquire producing pre cious metal and non -ferrous metal opportunities in North and South America
and Africa, in addition to Kazakhstan and Central Asia.
The reader is cautioned that these data cannot be relied upon for investment purposes and that any such data need to
be confirmed by a qualified person.
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Altair Resources Inc.
#1305 – 1090 W. Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 3V7 Canada
The material in this press release has been reviewed and approved by Dr. Stewart A. Jackson, PGeo, a qualified person
under National Instrument 43-101, independent of the company.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,
"George S. Young"
George S. Young, Board Chair and President & CEO
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