Indigo Exploration Strengthens Board of Directors for its Alberta Lithium Brines Projects
Indigo Exploration Strengthens Board of Directors for its Alberta Lithium Brines Projects
May 2, 2023 - Vancouver, British Columbia. Indigo Exploration Inc. (the “Company”) (TSX-V: IXI, OTCQB: IXIXF, FSE:
INEN) is pleased to announce the appointment of D.T. Brian Doherty, an Alberta-based highly accomplished senior
petroleum geologist with over 40 years of experience to the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Doherty has
numerous roles over his career ranging from technical to executive and leadership. He is extremely knowledgeable
in all aspects of the oil and gas industry including geophysics, reservoir and production engineering, economic risk
evaluation, infrastructure, and the regulatory environment.
“The addition of Mr. Doherty demonstrates the Company’s commitment to adding significant depth and experience
not only within the Management team but also our Board. Brian brings a broad skillset and network that leverages
his extensive oil and gas experience in Alberta that will be instrumental in the development of our lithium bri ne
projects” commented CEO, Paul Cowley. “We are very pleased to have Mr. Doherty, a respected and successful
senior-level geoscientist and entrepreneur , join our board as he brings decades of Alberta-based technical,
business, managerial insight and judgment to the team.”
Over his 40-year career, Mr. Doherty has developed extensive operational experience in executing annual operating
and development budgets in excess of $100 million which included the drilling of several hundred wells annually.
His success rate within the Western Basin on a year-on-year basis averages a 38 % growth rate from deep to shallow
including Devonian, Mississippian, Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous targets and from a variety of lithologies and
traps. Mr. Doherty has held positio ns at Alberta Energy Company, Canadian Superior, Gulf Canada, Shell and
Apache. Later Mr. Doherty and partners founded three junior oil ventures, including Signal Resources and then
undertook a position with Prime West Trust as Southern Business Unit Mana ger. This last position managed over
17,000 barrels of oil per day and a staff of 30 professionals.
Mr. Doherty replaces Mr. Thomas Henricksen, who has stepped down from the Board of Directors after serving for
10 years. The Company would like to thank Mr. Henricksen for his contributions to Indigo and its transition to a
lithium exploration and development company.
About Indigo Exploration
Indigo Exploration is an emerging petro -lithium brine explorer with 147,904 hectares of Metallic and Industrial
Minerals permits in Central Alberta, Canada. The Company’s three primary lithium projects are the Fox Creek
(114,522 hectares), Leduc (23,488 hectares) and Peace River (10,048 hectares) which are located within the heart
of lithium exploration and development in Western Canada. The Company also owns the Hantoukoura Gold Permit
in Burkina Faso which covers 23,800 hectares within the prospective Fada N’Gourma greenstone belt.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
“Paul Cowley”,
President and CEO
For further information, please contact: Paul Cowley: (604) 340-7711
Website: www.indigoexploration.com
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