Azimut Appoints Michel Brunet as Director Symbol: AZM.TSX Venture
Azimut Appoints Michel Brunet as Director
Symbol: AZM.TSX Venture
LONGUEUIL, QC
,
April 16, 2018
/CNW Telbec/ -
Azimut Exploration Inc.
(
"Azimut"
or the
"Company"
) (
TSXV: AZM
) is very pleased
to announce the appointment of Mr.
Michel Brunet
as a director of the Company. Mr. Brunet is currently Senior Counsel for Dentons Canada
LLP. His broad corporate experience will be an asset in Azimut's growth strategy.
Mr. Brunet practices corporate and commercial law from Dentons'
Montreal
office. He has advised many public, state-owned and private
corporations in various sectors, including institutional fund management, energy, manufacturing, commercial, financial services and brokerage.
Among his many notable accomplishments, Mr. Brunet has developed special expertise in regulatory compliance, advising corporate executives
and directors, take-over bids, underwritings, private placements, debt financings, syndications, joint ventures and shareholder agreements.
Mr. Brunet was the CEO of
Fraser Milner Casgrain
(FMC), one of Dentons' three founding firms from 2006 to 2010, and Chair of Dentons
Canada LLP, a function he held from 2005 to 2017. He has been recommended by
The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
(2016, 2017) as
one of
Canada's
leading lawyers in the area of Corporate Commercial Law, recognized by
Best Lawyers in
Canada
as one of
Canada's
leading
lawyers in the area of Corporate Law (2013-2018), and listed by
Acritas
as an
Acritas Star™ Lawyer
(2017, 2018). Mr. Brunet is recipient of
the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Mr. Brunet is also known for his strong community involvement, including Director of the
Fondation universitaire
Pierre Arbour
(2016),
Member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Red Cross (2013-2015), Council member of the
Fondation québécoise du cancer
(2005-
2012) and Chairman of the Executive Committee, fundraising campaign of the Canadian Red Cross, Quebec Division (1999-2000).
Azimut has granted a total of 75,000 stock options to Mr. Brunet with an exercise price of
$0.40
exercisable over a 10-year period.
Other Azimut board members are Mrs.
Angelina Mehta
, Dr.
Jean-Marc Lulin
, Mr.
Jean-Charles Potvin
, Mr. Louis P. Salley and Dr.
Jacques
Simoneau
.
Azimut is a mineral exploration company whose core business is centred on target generation and partnership development. Targeting is performed
using a pioneering proprietary approach to Big Data analytics, enhanced by extensive exploration know-how. The Company maintains rigorous
financial discipline. It has 48.5 million shares outstanding. Azimut holds a strategic position for gold and base metals in
Quebec
, including one of the
largest exploration portfolios in the
James Bay
region.
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, [email protected]
CO: Azimut Exploration Inc.
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