Silver Elephant Appoints Mining Veteran Robert Van Drunen as Chief Operating Officer
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Silver Elephant Appoints Mining Veteran Robert Van
Drunen as Chief Operating Officer
Vancouver, British Columbia, September 27, 2021 – Silver Elephant Mining Corp. (“Silver
Elephant” or the “Company”) (TSX: ELEF, OTCQX:SILEF, Frankfurt:1P2N) is please d to
announce the appointment of Robert Van Drunen as the Company’s Chief Operati ng Officer .
Mr. Van Drunen joined the Company as a consultant in May 2021 an d will transition to his new
role effective September 27, 2021.
Robert Van Drunen, who is based in Thompson, Manitoba, has over 30 years of experience
with Vale and Inco. He started his mining career with Inco in 1990 and progressed through his
career with increasing levels of responsibility, including Mine Manager and most recently Senior
Project Manager of the Thompson Operation. In the latter role, he led multi -disciplinary teams in
all aspects of mining, including operations (both underground and o pen p it), maintenance,
exploration, procurement, supply chain management, and contract management.
Mr. Van Drunen holds a Ma sters Certi ficate in Project Management from York University. He
specializes in process improvement and cost control, as well as an award winning track record
for zero-harm safety culture.
Mr. Van Drunen comments, “ As the Company ’s Chief Operati ng Officer and with 31 years of
hands-on mining and top-to-bottom operational experience, I look forward to leading Silver
Elephant’s mining projects including Bolivia and Mongolia, from exploration, permitting, through
to mine construction and production.”
Mr. Van Drunen will al so assist with Silver Elephant ’s proposed spinout plan of arrangement
(the “Arrangement”) as announced on August 26, 2021 and September 23, 2021 . Subject to
applicable laws, and any approva ls as may be required, Mr. Van Drunen is expected to play a
key role at Flying Nickel Mining C orp. which is expected to own and operate the Minago nickel
project within the Thompson Nickel Belt following the Arrangement.
About Silver Elephant
Silver Elephant Mining Corp. is a premier mining and exploration company in silver, nickel, and
vanadium.
Further information on Silver Elephant can be found at www.silverelef.com.
SILVER ELEPHANT MINING CORP.
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ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
“John Lee”
Executive Chairman
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performance, the completion and structure of the Arrangement, anticipated shareholder, court
and regulatory approvals, the realization of the antic ipated benefits deriving by any entity from
the Arrangement or from the Company’s or in relation to any spinco of the Company (each, a
“SpinCo”) created in connection with the Arrangement, including Flying Nickel Min ing Corp.,
such SpinCo’s assets or inves tments, the general performance of the assets of the Company
and any SpinCo, and the results of exploration, development and production activities as well as
expansions projects relating to the properties of the Com pany and/or any SpinCo and/or in
which th e Company and/or any SpinCo will hold a royalty, stream or other interest. Such
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perceptions of historical trends; current conditions; expected future developments; the ongoing
operation of the pro perties of the Company and/or any SpinCo and/or in which the Company
and/or any SpinCo will hold a royalty, stream or other interest by the operators of such
properties in a manner consistent with past practice; the accuracy of public statements and
disclosures made by the operators of such underlying properties; no material adverse change in
the market price of the commodities that underlie the asset portfolio; no adverse development in
respect of any significant property of the Company and/or any SpinCo and/or in which the
Company and/or any Spi nCo will hold a royalty, stream or other interest; the accuracy of
expectations for the development of underlying properties that are not yet in production; and the
absence of any other factors that could cause actions, events or results to differ from tho se
anticipated, estimated or intended, and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties
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from future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance.
These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on
the Company’s forward -looking statements. The Company belie ves th at the expectations
reflected in the forward -looking statements contained in this news release and the documents
incorporated by reference herein are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these
expectations will prove to be correct. In addit ion, a lthough the Company has attempted to
identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events, or results to differ materially
from those described in forward -looking statements, there may be other factors that cause
actions, events, or results not to be as anticipated, estimated, or intended.
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For additional information with respect to these and other factors and assumptions underlying
the forward ‐looking statements made in this press release, see the section entitled “Risk
Factors” in the most recent Annual Information Form of the Company which is filed with the
Canadian securities commissions and available electronically under the Company’s issue r
profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and the Company’s Form 20 -F annual report for the year
ended December 31, 2020 filed with the U.S. Securities and E xchange Commission and
available electronically under the Company’s issuer profile on EDGAR at www.se c.gov. The
forward‐looking statements set forth herein reflect the Company ’s expectations as at the date of
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obligation to publicly release any future revisions to forward -looking statements to reflect events
or circumstances after the date of this news or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events,
except as expressly required by law.
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in reliance upon available exemptions from such registration req uirements pursuant to Section
3(a)(10) of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable exemptions under state securities laws. This
press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any
securities.