GPM Metals Announces Appointment of Peter Walsh as Chief Executive Officer and grant of options
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GPM Metals Announces Appointment of Peter Walsh as Chief
Executive Officer and grant of options
TORONTO, June 3, 2021 (Toronto, Ontario) GPM Metals Inc (“GPM or the Company”).
(TSXV:GPM) announces the appointment of Peter Walsh as Chief Executive Officer and
Director.
Dan Noone, Chairman of the Board, commented: “On behalf of the Board of GPM, I am very
pleased to welcome Peter as CEO and Director. Peter brings a wealth of Australian Government
and Private Sector experience that will be instrumental in helping GPM move forward with our
Walker Gossan Project. In addition, Peter will be relocating to Brisbane, to ensure our
leadership will be on the ground in Australia, closer to our industry, government and community
partners.”
Peter Walsh, Chief Executive Officer, commented: “I am very excited to join GPM at an
important crossroads in their history and look forward to working with the parties involved to
help move the Walker Gossan project forward.”
Peter Walsh has worked in senior ministerial advisory roles at both the Australian Federal and
State levels as well as in the commercial sector. In particular, Peter was instrumental in the
government consideration and delivery of major infrastructure projects including: the Melbourne
to Brisbane Inland Rail project, the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing and the Roads to
Recovery Program.
The Company also announces that it has granted to Peter Walsh the a mount of 1,300,000 options
being exercisable at a price of $0.10 per share until June 1, 2026. The options vest in accordance
with the stock option plan of the Company.
About GPM Metals Inc.
GPM Metals Inc. is a zinc focused exploration company with offices in Toronto and
Brisbane. The Company’s current holdings include the district scale Walker Gossan Project, NT,
Australia, a joint venture with Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Limited.
For further information contact:
GPM Metals Inc.
Dan Noone, Chairman
Suite 1101 – 141 Adelaide Street West,
Toronto, Ontario M5H 3L5
Telephone : + 416 628-5904
Email: [email protected]
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assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. In addition to
other factors and assumptions which may be identified herein, assumptions have
been made regarding, among other things: results from planned exploration and
drilling activities; GPM’s future plans for operational expenditures; the
accuracy of the interpretations of exploration and drilling activity results;
availability of financing to fund current and future plans and expenditures;
the impact of increasing competition; the general stability of the economic
and political environment in which GPM has property interests; the general
continuance of current industry conditions; aboriginal matters; the timely
receipt of any required regulatory approvals; the ability of GPM to obtain
qualified staff, equipment and/or services in a timely and cost efficient
manner; the ability of the operator of each project in which GPM has property
interests to operate in a safe, efficient and/or effective manner and to
fulfill its respective obligations and current plans; future commodity prices;
currency, exchange and/or interest rates; and the regulatory framework
regarding royalties, taxes and/or environmental matters in the jurisdictions
in which GPM has property interests. The forward-looking information and
statements included in this news release are not guarantees of future
performance and should not be unduly relied upon. Such information and/or
statements, including the assumptions made in respect thereof, involve known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual
results and/or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such
forward-looking information and/or statements including, without limitation:
risks associated with the uncertainty of exploration results and estimates,
currency fluctuations, the uncertainty of conducting operations under a
foreign regime, exploration risk, the uncertainty of obtaining all applicable
regulatory approvals, the availability of labour and/or equipment, the
fluctuating prices of commodities, the availability of financing and GPM’s
dependence on its management personnel, other participants in the property
areas and/or certain other risks detailed from time-to-time in GPM’s public
disclosure documents, (including, without limitation, those risks identified
in this news release and GPM’s current management’s discussion and analysis).
Furthermore, the forward-looking statements contained in this news release are
made as at the date of this news release and the Company does not undertake
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