K92 Mining Appoints Warren Uyen as Senior VP Operations and David Medilek as VP Business Development & Investor Relations
Suite 488 – 1090 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
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Telephone: +1 (604) 687-7130
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NEWS RELEASE
K92 MINING APPOINTS WARREN UYEN AS SENIOR VP OPERATIONS AND
DAVID MEDILEK AS VP BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & INVESTOR RELATIONS
Vancouver, BC, June 6, 2019 - K92 Mining Inc. (“K92” or the “ Company”) (TSX-V: KNT;
OTCQX: KNTNF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Warren Uyen as Senior Vice
President Operations and David Medilek as Vice President Business Development and Investor
Relations.
Mr. Uyen is a Mining Engineer with over 30 years’ experience in the Mining Industry in Australia
and Asia. He has extensive experience in the management of both open pit and underground mines
covering project development and operations. Mr . Uyen joined K92 from the Australian mining
contractor, MacMahon Holdings Limited , where he was General Manager Underground
Operations, responsible for local and international underground operations. Prior to this, Mr. Uyen
spent almost five years as General Manager of the Eldorado Gold White Mounta in Gold Mine in
the People’s Republic of China. Mr. Uyen is a graduate of the Western Australia School of Mines
and holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern Queensland.
Mr. Medilek is a mining professional with over 12 years of mining capital markets, corporate
strategy and technical experience. Mr. Medilek began his career as a mining engineer with Barrick
Gold Corporation in Western Australia for over 4 years, with a focus on underground mining.
After Barrick, Mr. Medilek joined Cormark Securities Inc. as a mining investment banker for over
4 years, gaining extensive capital raising and M&A experience. After Cormark, and prior to joining
K92, Mr. Medilek was an equity research analyst at Macquarie Group Limited, covering precious
metals mining companies. Mr. Medilek holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mining
Engineering with Distinction from the University of British Columbia, a Professional Engineer
designation in the Province of British Columbia, and is a CFA® charterholder*.
John Lewins , K92 Chief Executive Officer and Director, state d, “I am extremely pleased to
welcome Warren and David to the executive team at K92 Mining. They bring a wealth of
experience in their respective areas and proven track records to our Company. They will both be
playing key leadership roles in developing K92 into a substantial gold production company,
focused on developing and expanding our Kainantu Gold Mine in Papua New Guinea and building
on our operational and exploration success.”
*CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst® are registered trademarks owned by CFA Institute.
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Options Grant
The Company also announces that it has granted 2,175,000 stock options to directors, employees
and consultants of the Company. The options are exercisable at $1.67 per share for five years from
the date of grant.
ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY,
John Lewins, Chief Executive Officer and Director
For further information, please contact Investor Relations at +1-604-687-7130.
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This news release includes certain “forward -looking statements” under applicable Canadian
securities legislation. Forward -looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of
estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable, are subject to known and unknown
risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results and future events to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward -looking statements. All statements
that address future plans, activities, events, or developments that the Company believes, expects
or anticipates will or may occur are forward-looking information, including statements regarding
the realization of the preliminary econo mic analysis for the Project, expectations of future cash
flows, the proposed plant expansion, potential expansion of resources and the generation of further
drilling results which may or may not occur. Forward -looking statements and information
contained herein are based on certain factors and assumptions regarding, among other things, the
market price of the Company’s securities, metal prices, exchange rates, taxation, the estimation,
timing and amount of future exploration and development, capital and op erating costs, the
availability of financing, the receipt of regulatory approvals, environmental risks, title disputes,
failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated, accidents, labour disputes,
claims and limitations on insurance cove rage and other risks of the mining industry, changes in
national and local government regulation of mining operations, and regulations and other matters.
There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and
future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly,
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of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.