Golden Peak Appoints Terry Topping as Director and Receives Approval of Name Change to BlueBird Battery Metals Inc. and Symbol Change to BATT
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Golden Peak Appoints Terry Topping as Director and Receives Approval of Name Change
to BlueBird Battery Metals Inc. and Symbol Change to BATT
Vancouver, British Columbia, April 16, 2018 – Golden Peak Miner als (TSXV: GP;
US:GPKMF) (the “Company” or “ Golden Peak”) is pleased to announce the appointment of
Mr. Terry Topping as a director effective April 17, 2018. Mr. Topping will replace Mr. Dominic
Verdejo on the Board. Golden Pea k wishes to thank Mr. Verdejo f or his contribution to the
Company since 2015.
In addition, the TSX Venture Exchange (the " TSXV") has approved both the Company’s name
c h a n g e t o B l u e B i r d B a t t e r y M e t a l s I n c . ( “BlueBird”) and symbol change to " BATT" for its
common shares listed on the TSXV, both effective on April 17, 2018. Trading will commence on
the TSXV under the new symbol “ BATT” on April 17, 2018. Until the symbol is changed in the
United States, the Company’s shares will continue to trade under the symbol “GPKMF”.
“First of all, I am excited and pleased to welcome Mr. Topping as a director and the newest
member of the focused team of BlueBird Battery Metals Inc. The ability to attract a mining
professional of Terry’s statur e and with his extensive backgr ound, validates our new vision,”
stated Peter A. Ball, Chairman and CEO of Golden Peak. “I look forward to working closely
with Terry as we move quickly to advance Bl ueBird’s mineral portfolio, which includes the
Canegrass Ni-Co-Cu Project in Western Austra lia. Terry brings a wealth of knowledge and
experience in the Australian metals industries, which will be crucial to our overall corporate
strategy.”
Mr. Topping, currently Executive Chairman of Kairos Minerals Lt d. (ASX: KAI), has more than
25 years of experience in mineral exploration and development w orldwide and has played a key
role in the incubation, listing and development of numerous ASX-listed resource companies over
the past two decades. His previous management roles have includ ed Executive Director of ASX-
listed nickel, copper and gold explorer Rumble Resources Ltd (A SX: RTR); Managing Director
of ASX-listed uranium explorer Cauldron Energy Ltd (ASX: CXU); and Executive Director of
ASX-listed gold explorer Taipan Resources NL (later Intrepid Mines), which discovered the high-
grade Paulsen’s Gold Deposit now being mined by Northern Star R esources (ASX: NST). Mr.
Topping brings a broad contact network throughout the global resource sector as well as extensive
capital markets experience, where he has been involved in numerous IPOs, corporate transactions,
capital raisings and project acqui sitions and divestments. Mr. Topping is also Non-Executive
Director of Orinoco Gold Ltd (ASX: OGX) and recently listed copper-cobalt explorer Accelerate
Resources Ltd (ASX: AX8).
"I am excited to be join ing BlueBird as it focuses within the Battery Metals sector. BlueBird’s
Canegrass is an exciting project not only because of the nickel and cobalt identified within the
property, but also noting it is close to being dr ill ready and contains multiple targets within an
exciting mineral camp,” commented Terry Topping. “I am looking forward to working with the
management and technical team at BlueBird, a nd to help accelerate exploration activities and
assit in securing other strategic projects to unlock shareholder va lue during this pivotal growth
phase.”
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Golden Peak also announces, that noting its corporate name chan ge to BlueBird Battery Metals
Corp. its new corporate website will be launched on April 17, 2 018 and can be found at
www.bluebirdbatterymetals.com.
The Company also advises that it has granted under its stock option plan, incentive stock options
to Mr. Topping for the purchase of up to 200,000 common shares at a price of $0.285 per share
for a period of three years, subject to the acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange.
The Company’s annual general and special meeting is scheduled f or April 30, 2018 (the
“Meeting”). With the announcement of Terence Topping as a director and the resignation of
Dominic Verdejo, management advises that the management nominee s for election appearing in
the Information Circular for the Meeting are changed in that Mr. Verdejo will not be standing for
election and Mr. Topping is added as a board nominee for election. Mr. Verdejo’s name remains
on the proxy because the Meeting materials were already sent prior to this change. Proxies granted
in favour of the named management nominees will be voted by management in favour of electing
Mr. Topping as a director, unless the proxy contains specific instructions otherwise that withhold
votes for the named director nominees.
About Golden Peak
Golden Peak (TSXV: GP) is a Canadian publicly listed company focused on the global
exploration and development of strategic battery metals projects, primarily cobalt and nickel. The
Company’s goal is to pursue a business model that offers direct and long-term leverage to the price
appreciation in nickel and cobalt, two principal materials in E V batteries. Battery metals are part
of an emerging sector with extr aordinary potential, whilst cobalt is facing a global supply deficit
and exists within a vulnerable supply chain.
On Behalf of the Board of Golden Peak Minerals,
Peter A. Ball,
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
For more information, please contact 1-(604)-678-5308 or [email protected].
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defined in the policies of the TSX Ve nture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
This News Release includes certain "forward-looking statem ents". Other than statements of historical fact, all
statements included in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding future plans and objectives of
Golden Peak Minerals Inc., are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be
no assurance that such statements w ill prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ
materially from those anticipated in such statements. Im portant factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from Golden Peak's expectations are the risks detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made by
Golden Peak Minerals Inc. with securities regulators.