Happy Creek Minerals Ltd. Appoints Strategic Advisors
Happy Creek Minerals Ltd. Appoints Strategic Advisors
January 9, 2023, Vancouver, British Columbia – Happy Creek Minerals Ltd. (TSX-V: HPY)
(“Happy Creek” or the “Company”) is very pleased to announce that Mr. Finley Bakker, P.Geo
and Mr. Kent Pearson, P.Geo have been appointed as Strategic Advisors and consultants to the
Company effective immediately.
Mr. Peter Hughes, President and Chief Executive Officer said “On behalf of Happy Creek, I would
like to welcome Mr. Bakker and Mr. Pearson to the team to assist with the development of the
Company’s world class Fox tungsten project and the Highland Valley copper-molybdenum-gold-
silver project.
Mr. Bakker is a seasoned Professional Geoscientist with over 40 years of experience leading
geological and engineering teams in the mining industry with expertise in both underground and
open pit operations. Mr. Bakker has a proven record of resource and reserve estimation and
expansion and has worked for Hawthorne Gold Corp., Adanac Molybdenum Corporation, North
American Tungsten, Westmin Resources and Noranda Mines Geco. Mr. Bakker also worked as
Superintendent of Technical Services he was responsible for mining geology, exploration
geology, engineering and resources and reserves estimation at the Cantung tungsten mine. This
is of particular value to Happy Creek’s shareholders through the planned development of the
Company’s Fox tungsten project.
Mr. Pearson is a Professional Geoscientist and senior executive with more than 30 years’
experience in the mining and capital markets sector with global experience throughout the
Americas, Australia and Africa. Mr. Pearson’s mining experience spans from grassroots
exploration through to mine production (open pit and underground) with Noranda Exploration Ltd.,
Bethlehem Resources Corp, Hemlo Gold Mines Inc, Murchison Minerals Ltd. Mr. Pearson has
held executive roles in mining and energy investment banking and as President and CEO in the
junior mining sector. He has been involved in over $2.0 billion in transactions during this time. Mr.
Pearson holds a bachelor’s degree in Geology from the University of Alberta and an MBA from
Queen's University.
Mr. Walter Segsworth, Chairman stated “The Board of Directors of the Company welcome
Messrs. Bakker and Pearson and believe that their backgrounds will augment the existing
strengths of the Board and will be of great benefit to the Company and the shareholders going
forward.”
In addition, the Company has issued 500,000 options to certain officers, directors and other
eligible persons of the Company. The options are exercisable over a period of five years at a price
of $0.05 per share.
About Happy Creek Minerals Ltd.
Happy Creek is focused on making new discoveries and building resources in proximity to
infrastructure on the Company’s 100%-owned portfolio of diversified metals projects in British
Columbia. The Company’s Management, Board of Directors and Technical Advisors have solid
expertise and depth in the mineral resource sector and capital markets.
More information on the Company’s projects can be found on the website at
www.happycreekminerals.com.
Indigenous Communities
Happy Creek Minerals is committed to responsible mineral resource development. The
Company’s priority is to build and sustain mu tually beneficial relationships with Indigenous
Communities in the territories in which we explore.
The Company operates with the principles and guidelines set out for COVID-19 that are
established by provincial health and safety authorities to protect workers and the communities in
which the Company operates.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
“Peter Hughes”
President and Chief Executive Officer
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Peter Hughes, Chief Executive Officer
Office Phone: (604) 802-7372
Email: [email protected]
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TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This press release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including
statements that address capital costs, recovery, grade, and timing of work or plans at the Company’s mineral projects.
Forward-looking information may be, but not always, identi fied by the use of words such as "seek", "anticipate",
“foresee”, "plan", "planned", "continue", "expect", “thought to”, "project", "predict", "potential", "tar geting", "intends",
"believe", “opportunity”, “further” and others, or which describes a goal or action, event or result such as "may", "should",
"could", "would", "might" or "will" be undertaken, occur or achieved. Statements also include those that address future
mineral production, reserve potential, potential size or scale of a miner alized zone, potential expansion of
mineralization, potential type(s) of mini ng, potential grades as well as to Happy Creek’s ability to fund ongoing
expenditure, or assumptions about future metal or mineral prices, currency exchange rates, metallurgical recoveries
and grades, favourable operating conditi ons, access, political stab ility, obtaining or renewal of existing or required
mineral titles, licenses and permits, labour stability, market conditions, availability of equipment, accuracy of any mineral
resources, anticipated costs and expenditures. Assumpti ons may be based on factors and events that are not within
the control of Happy Creek a nd there is no assurance they will prove to be correct. Such forward-looking information
involves known and unknown risks, which may cause the actual results to materially differ, and/or any future results
expressed or implied by such forward-looking informati on. Additional information on risks and uncertainties can be
found within Financial Statem ents, Prospectus and other materials f ound on the Company’s SEDAR profile at
www.sedar.com. Although Happy Creek has attempted to identify im portant factors that coul d cause actual actions,
events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking information, there can be no assurance
that such information will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. H appy Creek withholds any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required by law.