TomaGold Creates Advisory Board New advisory board of mining CEOs will provide solid support for the Corporation’s management team
PRESS RELEASE
TSXV: LOT
TomaGold Creates Advisory Board
New advisory board of mining CEOs will provide solid support for
the Corporation’s management team
Montreal, Quebec, August 29, 2017 -‐ TOMAGOLD CORPORATION (TSXV: LOT) (“TomaGold” or the
“Corporation”) is pleased to announce the creation of a new advisory board consisting of Alain Bureau,
B.Eng. (former CEO of Pershimco Resources), Jean Martineau (CEO of Dynacor Gold Mines) and Robin
Phinney, P.Eng. (former CEO of Karnalyte Resources). The mandate of the advisory board will be to assist
the Corporation in matters relating to acquisitions, exploration and development strategies.
“On behalf of the Board, I wish to thank Messrs. Bureau, Martineau and Phinney for agreeing to join our
newly-‐created advisory board,” said David Grondin, President and CEO of TomaGold. “Their broad mining
knowledge, expertise and networks will be of great advantage to TomaGold as we seek to strengthen the
depth of our management team. These CEOs possess strong mining backgrounds acquired through the
creation and management of successful companies across the Americas. We intend to make full use of
their solid technical expertise to optimize the development of our promising projects and maximize their
value for the benefit of our shareholders.”
Alain Bureau has Canadian Armed Forces officer training and an engineering degree from the Royal
Military College of Canada. He has worked in the mining and construction industry in Canada and Latin
America for over 20 years. He was involved in sizeable international projects in Chile, Peru, Venezuela
and the Dominican Republic, and acted as the plant construction manager during the acclaimed
construction of the Pinos Altos mine for Agnico Eagle in Mexico. Mr . Bureau was President and CEO of
Pershimco Resources until it successfully merged with Orla Mining Ltd. to create a new gold company in a
transaction valued at over $200 million. Mr. Bureau is currently a resident of Panama, and remains highly
involved in the mining industry in Latin America as a member of the Mining Chamber of Panama and Vice
President of the Panama-‐Canada Chamber of Commerce.
Jean Martineau has worked in the Canadian mining industry for more than 25 years as a director of junior
exploration companies and an investment broker, and has been the CEO and President of Dynacor Gold
Mines since the company was listed on the TSX in 2007. Over the last 20 years, he has focused on South
America and has acquired in-‐depth knowledge of the management of natural resource companies in
South America. His Latin American expertise has been of prime importance in the development of
Dynacor Gold Mines’ operations in Peru. Prior to work in the mining industry, he worked in the Pulp and
Paper industry for more than 12 years, where his last assignment was in Venezuela.
Robin L. Phinney, P.Eng., earned a chemical engineering degree at Lakehead University. Early in his career
he acquired valuable experience in plant engineering, process development, product development and
sales and marketing, namely from Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan and Kaolin Industries. In 2002, he
co-‐founded Whitemud Resources, and then served as its vice president of engineering from 2005 to
2007. In 2007, he founded Karnalyte Resources, where he was President and CEO and a director until
2014 and then as its President and Chairman and a director until 2017.
The Corporation has also granted directors, officers and consultants an aggregate of 3,100,000 stock
options to acquire the same number of common shares of the Corporation at $0.10 per share for a period
of five years.
About TomaGold Corporation
TomaGold Corporation is a Canadian mineral exploration company engaged in the acquisition,
assessment, exploration and development of gold mineral properties. To optimize its chances of
discovery and minimize its exploration risk, TomaGold aims to develop high-‐grade gold properties with
major mining companies. It currently has joint venture agreements with IAMGOLD Corporation for the
Monster Lake project, with Goldcorp Inc. for the Sidace Lake property, and with Goldcorp Inc. and New
Gold Inc. for the Baird property. TomaGold has interests in six gold properties in northern Quebec:
Monster Lake, Winchester, Lac-‐à-‐l'Eau-‐Jaune, Monster Lake East, Obalski and Lac Cavan near the
Chibougamau mining camp. It also holds a 39.5% interest in the Sidace Lake property and a 24.5% in the
Baird property near the Red Lake mining camp in Ontario. Finally, it has an option to acquire a 70%
interest in the Hazeur property, at the southern edge of the Monster Lake group of properties.
Contact:
David Grondin
President and Chief Executive Officer
(514) 583-‐3490
www.tomagoldcorp.com
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