Azimut Appoints Christiane Bergevin as Board Member
Azimut Appoints Christiane Bergevin as Board
Member
TSXV: AZM
OTCQX: AZMTF
LONGUEUIL, QC
,
Aug. 15, 2022
/CNW Telbec/ -
Azimut Exploration Inc.
(
"Azimut"
or the
"Company"
) (TSXV: AZM) (OTCQX: AZMTF) is very pleased to announce the appointment of Ms.
Christiane Bergevin
to the Board of Directors of the Company.
Ms. Bergevin has achieved outstanding corporate development success in financial services and
productive sectors across Canada and internationally. She notably led a premier infrastructure
advisory business, closing over
$10B
in Energy, Transport, Resources, First Nations and regulated
transactions. Christiane benefits from a vast expertise in M&A, capital markets, innovation, ESG and
public policy.
As President of Bergevin Capital, Ms. Bergevin provides strategic counselling to major international
consulting firms, private equity firms and corporate clients. She is a Senior Advisor with
Roland
Berger Canada
(Energy / Utilities and Sustainability) and was previously advising Hydro One
(Strategy, Innovation and Corporate Development Group). She has extensive governance
experience and currently serves on the board of Yamana Gold Inc., the supervisory Board of RATP
Dev and the advisory board of AGF Group Inc. Ms. Bergevin is a former Chair and serves as
Governor of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
Former executive positions include Executive Vice President, Partnership and Business Development
(2009-2015) with Desjardins Group, and President (2001-2008) and Senior Vice President &
General Manager (1997-2001) with SNC-Lavalin Capital Inc.
Ms. Bergevin holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Finance and Entrepreneurship with Distinction from
McGill University
, and graduated from the Wharton School of Business (Advanced Management
Program). She holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Other Azimut board members are Mr. Glenn Mullan (Chair of the Board), Mr.
Michel Brunet
, Dr.
Jean-Marc Lulin
, Ms. Angelina Mehta, Mr.
Jean-Charles Potvin
and Dr.
Jacques Simoneau
.
Other Information
On
August 11, 2022
, a total of 1,165,000 stock options were granted to directors, officers,
employees, and consultants. Of this number, 1,040,000 have been granted to directors and officers
and 125,000 to employees and consultants. These options have an exercise price of
$0.81
per
share and are exercisable for a 10-year period.
About Azimut Exploration
Azimut is a leading mineral exploration company with a solid reputation for target generation and
partnership development. In the
James Bay
region,
Azimut is actively advancing its
100%-owned
flagship Elmer Gold Project to the initial resource stage
.
Azimut uses a pioneering approach to big data analytics (the proprietary
AZtechMine
TM
expert
system), enhanced by extensive exploration know-how. Azimut's competitive edge is based on
systematic regional-scale data analysis and concurrently active projects. Azimut maintains rigorous
financial discipline and a strong balance sheet.
www.azimut-exploration.com
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policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
SOURCE
Azimut Exploration Inc.
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For further information:
Jean-Marc Lulin, President and CEO, Tel.: (450) 646-3015 - Fax: (450)
646-3045; Jonathan Rosset, Vice President Corporate Development, Tel: (604) 202-7531;
CO: Azimut Exploration Inc.
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