Empress Royalty Announces Appointment Business Development Advisor, North America
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NEWS RELEASE | MAY 20 , 202 5 | VANCOUVER , BC
EMPRESS ROYALTY ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ADVISOR, NORTH
AMERICA
Empress Royalty Corp. (TSXV:EMPR | OTCQ X:EMPYF) (“Empress Royalty” or the “Company”)
announces the appointment of Mark N.J. Ashcroft, P.Eng. as Business Development Advisor,
North America. This appointment marks a key step in Empress’ strategy to accelerate portfolio
growth through the targeted activation of seasoned regional experts with deep industry
networks.
“We are thrilled to welcome Mark to the Empress team,” said Alexandra Woodyer Sherron, CEO
and President of Empress Royalty. “His depth of experience and ability to bridge operational and
financial strategies make him an ideal partner in advancing our North American growth
ambitions. Mark is well known to both Empress and Endeavour Financial, and we look forward
to working with him to identify compelling investment opportunities that align with our
disciplined, value-focused approach.”
Mr. Ashcroft is a highly accomplished mining executive and financier with over 30 years of
experience across production, capital markets, and executive leadership in the global mining
sector. Beginning his career as an underground development miner in Manitoba, he joined Inco’s
Sudbury operations after graduating as a mining engineer, before transitioning to mining finance
with Barclays Capital in London, Standard Bank in New York and Toll Cross Securities in Toronto.
Following on from his banking experience, he returned to industry where his international track
record includes structuring innovative equity and debt solutions, advising on growth strategies
and M&A, and leading mining companies as CEO and board member with a focus on value
creation and operational excellence.
As Business Development Advisor – North America, Mr. Ashcroft will play a pivotal role in
originating and evaluating new investment opportunities for Empress across the region. His
unique combination of engineering insight and financial expertise will be instrumental in
expanding Empress’ portfolio of high-quality gold and silver investments.
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Mr. Ashcroft holds a B.Eng. in Mining from Laurentian University and an M.Sc. in Finance,
Regulation & Risk Management from the University of Reading’s ISMA Centre. He is a licensed
Professional Engineer in Ontario.
ABOUT EMPRESS ROYALTY CORP.
Empress is a global royalty and streaming creation company providing investors with a diversified
portfolio of gold and silver investments. Empress has built a portfolio of precious metal
investments and is actively investing in mining companies with development and production
stage projects who require additional non -dilutive capital. The Company has strategic
partnerships with Endeavour Financial and Terra Capital which allow Empress to not only access
global investment opportunities but also bring unique mining finance expertise, deal structuring
and access to capital markets. Empress is looking forward to continuously creating value for its
shareholders through the proven royalty and streaming models.
ON BEHALF OF EMPRESS ROYALTY CORP.
Per: Alexandra Woodyer Sherron, CEO and President
For further information, please visit our website at www.empressroyalty.com, or contact us by
email at [email protected] or by phone at +1.604.331.2080.
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The information contained herein includes “forward -looking statements” and “forward looking information” as
defined under applicable Canadian securities laws (“forward-looking statements”). Forward-looking statements and
information can generally be identified by the use of terms such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “expect”, “intend”,
“estimate”, continue”, “believe”, “plans”, “anticipate” or similar terms.
Forward-looking information and statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the activities,
events or developments that Empress Royalty Corp. (“Empress” or the “Company”) expects or anticipates will or may
occur in the future, in cluding those regarding future growth and ability to create new streams or royalties, the
development and focus of the Company , its acquisition strategy, the plans and expectations of the operators of the
projects underlying its interests, including the p roposed advancement and expansion of such projects; the results of
exploration, development and production activities of the operators of such projects; and the Company’s expectations
regarding future revenues.
Forward-looking information and statements are based on the then current expectations, beliefs, assumptions,
estimates and forecasts about Empress’s business and the industry and markets in which it operates. Forward-
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looking information and statements are made based upon numerous assumptions and although the assumptions
made by the Company in providing forward -looking information and statements are considered reasonable by
management at the time, there can be no assura nce that such assumptions will prove to be accurate . Forward-
looking information and statements also involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors, which
may cause actual results, performances and achievements of Empress to differ ma terially from any projections of
results, performances and achievements of Empress including, without limitation, any inability of the operators of
the properties underlying the Company’s royalty and stream interests to execute proposed plans for such prop erties
or to achieve planned development and production estimates and goals, risks related to the operators of the projects
in which the Company holds interests, including the successful continuation of operations at such projects by those
operators, risks related to exploration, development, permitting, infrastructure, operating or technical difficulties on
any such projects, risks related to international operations, government relations and environmental regulation,
uncertainty relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future and the Company’s ability to carry
out its growth plans as well as the impact of the COVID -19 pandemic and other related risks and uncertainties. For
a discussion of important factors which could cause actual results to differ from forward-looking statements, refer to
the annual information form of Empress for the year ended December 31, 2024 and its other publicly filed documents
under it profile a www.sedarplus.ca. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward -looking information and statements,
there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticip ated, estimated, or intended. There can be no
assurance that forward -looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future
events could differ materially from those anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place
undue reliance on forward -looking information and statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update
or reissue forward -looking information as a result of new information or events except as required by applicable
securities laws. Disclosure relating to properties in which Empress holds royalty or stream interests is based on
information publicly disclosed by the owners or operators of such properties. The Company generally has limited or
no access to the properties underlying its interests and is largely dependent on the disclosure of the operators of its
interests and other publicly available information. The Company generally has limited or no ability to verify such
information. Although the Company does not have any knowledge that such information may not be accurate, there
can be no assurance that such third -party information is complete or accurate. In addition, certain information
publicly reported by operators may relate to a larger property than the area covered by the Company’s interest, which
often may only apply to a portion of the overall project area or applicable mineral resources or reserves.