GoldMining Announces Appointment of Tim Smith as Vice President Exploration and CEO of U.S. GoldMining Inc.
GoldMining Announces Appointment of Tim Smith as Vice President
Exploration and CEO of U.S. GoldMining Inc.
VANCOUVER, BC
,
April 7, 2022
/CNW/ -
GoldMining Inc. (the "
Company
" or "
GoldMining
")
(TSX: GOLD) (NYSE American: GLDG) is pleased to announce the
appointment of
Tim Smith
as Vice President Exploration of the Company and as Chief Executive Officer ("CEO")
of U.S. GoldMining Inc. ("
U.S. GoldMining
")
,
its
recently created subsidiary that
will be focused on advancing the Company's Whistler gold-copper project, located in
Alaska, USA
.
Alastair Still
, Chief Executive Officer of GoldMining commented: "With a proven and successful track record of exploring for gold systems globally for more than
25 years, including as Vice President Exploration for Kaminak Gold where he led the team at the Coffee Gold Deposit in
Yukon, Canada
and which was acquired
by Goldcorp for
C$520 million
in 2016, and as Regional Director Generative Exploration,
North America
for Newmont from
June 2019
to
April 2022
, I am delighted
to welcome Tim to the GoldMining team. As we continue to de-risk and advance our projects to unlock value from within our extensive portfolio of gold and gold-
copper assets within the Americas, Tim's experience in exploration and project development working for junior and major operating mining companies will be a
tremendous benefit to GoldMining as we create value for our shareholders. In particular, the experience Tim brings from leading teams in the north, in
Yukon
will
be a tremendous strength to our newly created subsidiary, U.S. GoldMining as we advance our Whistler gold-copper project in
Alaska
."
Tim Smith
commented: "With an impressive portfolio of gold and gold-copper assets located throughout the Americas, including many with untested exploration
potential, I am excited to be joining the GoldMining team. Especially when combined with the opportunity to develop and lead a team to advance and explore the
Whistler project in
Alaska
, the potential to create and add value for our shareholders is compelling and I enthusiastically look forward to leading the next exciting
phase of growth for the Company."
Mr. Smith has more than 25 years mineral industry exploration and mining experience, principally exploring for gold mineral systems including orogenic lode gold,
porphyry, intrusion related and volcanogenic massive sulphide systems at locations throughout
Australia
and
Canada
. Mr. Smith is experienced in exploration
project management from generative greenfields to deposit drill-out to feasibility studies. Mr. Smith has a track record of discovery of major gold systems
including as Vice President Exploration for Kaminak Gold Corporation where he led the team at the Coffee Gold Deposit in
Yukon, Canada
and which was
acquired by Goldcorp Inc., for
C$520 million
in 2016. Mr. Smith was Regional Director Generative Exploration,
North America
for Newmont Corporation from
June
2019
to
April 2022
and Exploration Director, Goldcorp Inc., from
August 2016
to
June 2019
.
Mr. Smith is a Registered Professional Geoscientist with Professional Geoscientists Ontario and Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia and holds a
Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Geology from University of
Canterbury, New Zealand
. Mr. Smith was a co-recipient of the Association for Mineral
Exploration British Columbia H.H "Spud" Huestis Award for excellence in prospecting and mineral exploration in 2013, for the drill discovery of the Coffee Gold
Deposit.
About GoldMining Inc.
The Company is a public mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition and development of gold assets in the Americas. Through its disciplined
acquisition strategy, the Company now controls a diversified portfolio of resource-stage gold and gold-copper projects in
Canada
,
U.S.A.
,
Brazil
,
Colombia
and
Peru
. The Company also owns 20 million shares of Gold Royalty Corp. (NYSE American: GROY).
Forward-looking Statements
This document contains certain forward-looking statements that reflect the current views and/or expectations of GoldMining with respect to its plans to advance
and de-risk its projects. Forward-looking statements are based on the then-current expectations, beliefs, assumptions, estimates and forecasts about the
business and the markets in which GoldMining operates. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including:
the inherent risks involved in the exploration and development of mineral properties, fluctuating metal prices, unanticipated costs and expenses, risks related to
government and environmental regulation, social, permitting and licensing matters, and uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in
the future. These risks, as well as others, including those set forth in GoldMiningꞌs Annual Information Form for the year ended
November 30, 2020
, and other
filings with Canadian securities regulators and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, could cause actual results and events to vary significantly.
Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and information. There can be no assurance that forward-looking
information, or the material factors or assumptions used to develop such forward-looking information, will prove to be accurate. The Company does not
undertake any obligations to release publicly any revisions for updating any voluntary forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable securities
law.
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Please contact: GoldMining Inc., Amir Adnani, Chairman, Alastair Still, CEO, Telephone: (855) 630-1001, Email: [email protected]
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