Desert Gold Appoints Greg Isenor to its Board of Directors
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For Immediate Release
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Desert Gold Appoints Greg Isenor to its Board of Directors
Delta, British Columbia, December 19, 2018, DESERT GOLD VENTURES INC . (“Desert Gold” or the
“Company”) (TSX.V: DAU/FF:QXR2/OTC:DAUGF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Greg Isenor to the
Company’s board of directors.
Mr. Isenor holds a B.Sc. geology, (1970) from Acadia University and is a member of the Association of Professional
Geologists of Nova Scotia. C urrently Mr. Isenor is President and CEO of Roscan Gold Corporation ; a company
engaged in gold exploration in Western Mali.
Mr. Isenor was President, CEO and Director (2005 to 2017) of Merrex Gold Inc., up until Merrex was taken over by
Iamgold Corporation. During that time, Merrex discovered two significant gold deposits in Mali (West Africa): the
Siribaya deposit; and, with joint venture partner Iamgold, the Diakha deposit. To date, these two deposits are
estimated to represent a combined resource approaching approximately two million ounces of gold.
Previously, Mr. Isenor was the President, CEO and Director (2003 to 2005) of Jilbey Gold Exploration Ltd., until
Jilbey was acquired by High River Gold Mines Limited. During Mr. Iseno r's time with Jilbey, Mr. Isenor led the
team that identified the Bissa gold deposit in Burkina Faso (West Africa), which was placed into production by Nord
Gold SE and has a reported resource exceeding 5 million ounces of gold. In addition, from 1979 - 2003, Mr. Isenor
worked as an independent consulting geologist on mineral exploration projects in Canada, the United States,
Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Africa. As well, Mr. Isenor founded Jubilee Minerals Inc, to develop the Jubilee
zinc deposit; and, Glencoe Resources Inc. to develop the Glencoe limestone deposit. Both of these deposits are
located in Nova Scotia, Canada.
The Company also announces that Dr. Luc Antoine has resigned as a director of the Company. Desert Gold thanks
Dr. Antoine for his contribution to the Company over the last several years and wishes him luck in his future
endeavors.
Desert Gold’s P resident Jared Scharf remarked, “We’re delighted to have Greg join the board. His experience in
West Africa and more specifically in Western Mali will be a great asset to our company moving forward.”
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Jared Scharf, President & Director
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For further information please visit our website www.desertgold.ca or information available on
www.SEDAR.com under the company’s profile.
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