Kincora strengthens board with new Chairman and Technical Director
800–1199 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 3T5
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Kincora strengthens board with new
Chairman and Technical Director
Luke Leslie, instrumental in the formation of Kincora, and its capital market and M&A
strategy since, appointed Non-Executive Chairman
John Holliday, currently Chairman of Kincora’s Technical Committee, is appointed as
Independent Non-Executive Technical Director
Changes strengthen the board and reflect the Company’s exploration and further
expansion strategy
Vancouver, BC— February 1st, 2017
Kincora Copper Limited (the “Company”, “Kincora”) (TSXV:KCC) announces the appointment
of Luke Leslie as Non-Executive Chairman and John Holliday as an Independent Non-Executive
Technical Director, effective immediately.
Luke is a seasoned natural resource specialist private equity investor, with previous M&A and
capital market transaction experience, including having been based in Mongolia working on
acquisitions in the mining and metals sector. John has a track record of success in global gold-
copper deposit exploration, discovery and evaluation, particularly with concealed porphyries
such as those that the Oyu Tolgoi-Tsagaan Suvarga copper belt is prospective for where Kincora
holds the dominant regional landholding.
The structure of Kincora’s existing Board, Technical Committee and Advisory Board otherwise
remain unchanged following these internal appointments. Further details on each of Luke and
John can be found in the attachment of this announcement.
Sam Spring, President and CEO commented, “Luke and John have impressive track records in
their respective fields and I am confident the new internal positions will only further support
significant contributions to Kincora’s exploration and expansion strategies.”
Luke Leslie, Non-Executive Chairman added, “Kincora has opportunistically used the cyclical
commodities downturn to expand its footprint in Mongolia’s prospective Southern Gobi copper
belt, advance its extensive proprietary geological database and advance a number of
prospective targets which warrant drill testing this year.
The region is now being transformed through billions of dollars of investment and new
exploration activity, and we are well positioned to benefit from these developments.”
About Kincora
Kincora is a junior resource company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral
properties, with a focus on potential Tier 1 copper-gold projects in Mongolia.
For further information, please contact:
Sam Spring, President and Chief Executive Officer
[email protected] or +61431 329 345
800–1199 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 3T5
Phone +1 604 283 1722 Fax +1 888 241 5996
ATTACHMENT
Mr. Luke Leslie
Non-Executive Chairman
Luke was instrumental in the formation and capitalisation of Kincora in 2011/2012, its capital
market and M&A strategy since. He brings extensive capital markets, transaction and advisory
experience as a private equity investor and previously as a corporate financier with UBS
Investment Bank’s metals and mining team.
Luke has served as Chairman of Kincora’s Audit Committee and been a member of the
Remuneration Committee since 2012. He is a Director of Shanta Gold where he is Chairman of
Shanta’s Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. Luke is a Director of
Moly World, a private molybdenum and tungsten developer in Mongolia and a Director of Origo
Advisors Limited.
Luke was based out of Ulaanbaatar between 2010 and 2012 and has extensive experience in
natural resource opportunities both globally and in Mongolia. In Mongolia, one of Luke’s roles
was as co-Head of the Trafigura Origo Joint Venture which reviewed over 100 exploration
licenses and over 30 mining licenses in addition to the proprietary databases and exploration
data which Kincora has established since 2011.
Mr. John Holliday
Independent Non-Executive Technical Director, Chairman of the Technical
Committee
John has over 30 years’ experience in metals exploration mostly with BHP Minerals and
Newcrest Mining, including the positions of Chief Geoscientist and General Manager, Property
Generation and more recently in the junior sector. He was a consultant geologist to Kincora
from mid 2015, becoming Chairman of the then newly formed Technical Committee in
November 2016 (refer the press release: Copper experts credited with multiple Tier 1
discoveries join Kincora’s team) before joining the board.
John was a principal discoverer and site manager of the undercover Cadia and Marsden
porphyry Tier 1 gold-copper deposits in NSW, and was a principal geological advisor on the
acquisition of many significant projects, including Namosi and Wafi-Golpu.
John has worldwide experience in gold-copper deposit exploration, discovery and evaluation,
with extensive experience in exploration and discovery of concealed copper-gold porphyries
such as those that the Oyu Tolgoi-Tsagaan Suvarga copper belt is prospective for.
John has a geophysics/geology honours degree from Macquarie University and
economics/politics degree from Sydney University. He is a member of the Australian Institute of
Geoscientists, the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists and the Society of Economic
Geology.
800–1199 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 3T5
Phone +1 604 283 1722 Fax +1 888 241 5996
Recent news flow (all available at www.kincoracopper.com)
Jan 10th - Brownfield Devonian open pit target advanced
Dec 20th - Closes Oversubscribed Offering
Dec 7th - Announced Private Placement, Debt Settlement
Nov 28th - Re-registration of IBEX licenses achieved, field activities concluded
MINEX forum London presentation (audio recording and presentation)
Nov 22nd - Proactive Investors article: Kincora Copper now has a solid base from which to embark on a
serious elephant hunt
Nov 18th - Proactive Investors interview: Kincora Copper Ltd 'excited' by targets identified at Bayan Tal
in Mongolia
Nov 17th - Kincora outlines multi-target, multi-stage strategy for Tier 1 porphyry copper-gold
exploration in Mongolia
New presentations: The leading expansion strategy along an emerging world class belt
Nov 14th - Copper experts credited with multiple Tier 1 discoveries join Kincora’s team
Nov 7th - Closing achieved for Kincora consolidating the dominant landholding in the Southern Gobi
copper (gold) belt
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