Ethos Gold Corp. Announces Melvin Herdrick Joins Board of Directors
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Ethos Gold Corp. Announces Melvin Herdrick Joins Board of Directors
Vancouver, BC – December 5, 2017, Ethos Gold Corp. (“ Ethos ” or the “ Company ”) (TSXV:ECC) is
pleased to announce that Melvin Herdrick has joined its Board of Directors. Mel is a professional
geologist with over 35 years of experience in explo ration in the United States and Mexico, including 9
years as Chief Geologist for Phelps Dodge in Mexico from 1994 to 2003, and 8 years as Vice President o f
Exploration for Pediment Gold Corp. until its takeo ver by Argonaut Gold Inc. in 2011. Mel has worked as
a consultant to Ethos and has played a lead role in identifying and evaluating gold exploration
opportunities for Ethos in Mexico, including the re cently announced option to acquire the La Purisima
property in Chihuahua.
Gary Freeman, President and CEO of Ethos stated tha t, “Mel and I worked closely together for many
years building assets into Pediment Gold, raising f unding and executing on various exploration
campaigns, leading to the discovery of the San Anto nio deposit, the purchase of the La Colorado mine,
and the sale of Pediment to Argonaut Gold for appro ximately $140 million. I am very excited to be
working with Mel again, and to pursue a similar str ategy with Ethos Gold. Our intention is to build a
portfolio of prospective gold exploration projects focused in Mexico, and to allocate our resources
judiciously in advancing these opportunities. Mel i s based in Hermosillo and has outstanding abilities to
access opportunities, manage exploration programs, and efficiently assist Ethos in executing our
strategy”.
Coincident with this announcement, the Company has granted, under its Stock Option Plan, incentive
stock options to the incoming director to purchase up to an aggregate of 250,000 common shares in the
capital of the Company exercisable for a period of 5 years ending on December 3, 2022 at a price of
$0.20 per share.
Ethos also announces that Darren Devine has resigne d as a director of Ethos. We thank Darren for his
significant contribution to the company over the last several years.
For additional information please contact Gary Free man at 604-682-4750. The Company’s website,
www.ethosgold.com , will be revised shortly to include information on the La Purisima project as well as
other corporate updates.
Ethos Gold Corp.
Per: "Gary Freeman"
Gary Freeman, President & CEO
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Company's management on the date the statements are made and they involve a number of risks and
uncertainties. Consequently, there can be no assura nces that such statements will prove to be accurate
and actual results and future events could differ m aterially from those anticipated in such statements .
Except to the extent required by applicable securit ies laws and the policies of the TSX Venture Exchan ge,
the Company undertakes no obligation to update thes e forward-looking statements if management's
beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, s hould change. Factors that could cause future resul ts to
differ materially from those anticipated in these f orward-looking statements include, the Company's
inability to secure the acceptance by the TSX Ventu re Exchange for the La Purisima option agreement
referred to above, delays faced by the Company in c ompleting technical reports, accidents and other ri sks
associated with mineral exploration operations, the risk that the Company will encounter unanticipated
geological factors, or the possibility that the Com pany may not be able to secure permitting and other
governmental clearances, necessary to carry out the Company's exploration plans, and the risk of polit ical
uncertainties and regulatory or legal changes in th e jurisdictions where the Company carries on its
business that might interfere with the Company's bu siness and prospects. The reader is urged to refer to
the Company's reports, publicly available through t he Canadian Securities Administrators' System for
Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) at www.sedar.com for a more complete discussion
of such risk factors and their potential effects
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