PUMA Announces the Results of Its Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Appointment of Christian Tweedy as Head of Capital Markets Communications
PUMA TSXV
175, rue Legaré | Rimouski (Québec) G5L 3B9 www.explorationpuma.com
PRESS RELEASE
PUMA ANNOUNCES THE RESULTS OF ITS ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS AND
APPOINTMENT OF CHRISTIAN TWEEDY AS HEAD OF CAPITAL MARKETS COMMUNICATIONS
RIMOUSKI, September 08, 2020 - Puma Exploration Inc. (TSXV: PUMA) (the "Company" or "Puma")
is pleased to announce the results of its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (“AGM”) held on
September 3th, 2020 in Rimouski, Quebec. All matters submitted to shareholders for approval as
set out in the Company’s Circular dated July 20, 2020 were approved. A total of 15,044,954
common shares were voted at the AGM, representing 26% of the issued common shares of the
Company. These matters included the appointment of directors and auditors.
The follo wing Directors have been elected with an approval rate of 91.4% or more: Marcel
Robillard, Richard Thibault, and Michel Fontaine. Mallette L.L.P. were appointed as the auditors
for the financial year ending February 28, 2021 with an approval rate of 99.8%.
In addition, during the meeting of the Board of Directors that followed the AGM, Marcel Robillard
was re-elected as President, CEO and Chairman of the Board and Ginette G. Brisson was re -
elected to the positions of CFO and Secretary. Richard Thibault, Marcel Robillard, and Michel
Fontaine will form the audit committee. The Board of Directors also reappointed Réjean Gosselin
as Director effective immediately.
“The Board of Directors would like to thank Raphael Fournier for his support and contribution to
the restructuration of the company within the last year. Mr. Fournier could not renew his position
within the Board of Directors and his role as Director of Corporate Communications. I personally
want to wish Raphael good luck with his new challenge s and opportunities with Investissement
Québec” notes Marcel Robillard, President and CEO of Puma Exploration.
CAPITAL MARKETS COMMUNICATIONS
Puma Exploration welcomes Christian Tweedy as Head of Capital Markets Communications
within the Company. Mr. Tweedy is a Capital Markets professional with 4 years of Investor
Relations experience. Prior to joining Puma Exploration, he was a relationship manager at Invesco
(IVZ:NYSE), a global asset management firm with one trillion dollars assets under management.
Previously to that, Christian spent three years in the United Kingdom work ing for a high growth
real estate investment trust where he played a key role in helping grow the firm's assets under
management and helped lead the Investor Relations team. Christian holds the Chartered
Investment Manager designation and has a B.A. in Communications from Simon Fraser University.
Mr. Tweedy will enhance the synergy between all marketing and communications stakeholders
and available tools such as the advertising products and publications, social media and website
PUMA TSXV
175, rue Legaré | Rimouski (Québec) G5L 3B9 www.explorationpuma.com
updates, and the overall communications with shareholders. Christian is based out of Vancouver
and can be reached by email at: [email protected].
STOCK OPTION PLAN
The Company further announces that it has increased its fixed less than 10% Stock Option Plan
from 2,100,000 shares to 5,500,000 shares (the "Amended Plan"), which remains less than 10% of
the Company's current issued and outstanding share capital. The Ame nded Plan is subject to
receipt of acceptance from the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange").
TRIPLE FAULT GOLD PROJECT
The Triple Fault Gold Project includes three (3) properties named Williams Brook Gold, Jonpol
Gold, and Portage Lake properties covering more than 30,000 hectares of favorable gold
exploration land package. The project is located about 60km west of Bathurst with the paved
road cross-cutting the property.
Puma is currently focusing its field work on its first priority, the Williams Brook property. The Williams
Brook Gold property includes selected drill results of 11.2 g/t over 2.8m, 2.1 g/t Au over 9.0m and
1.0 g/t over 23m, gold occurrences grading up to 109.0 g/t Au, 50.8 g/t Au, 38,9 g/t Au in bedrock,
numerous gold soil anomalies and extremely anomalous till samples with up to 508 gold grains
that occur over an area approximately 12 by 3 kilometres.
There has been very limited drilling and exploration in the area mapped to be part of The
Dunnage Zone hosting major gold deposits and gold occurrences in siluro -devonian rocks and
considered as an emerging gold exploration and development district.
QUALIFIED PERSONS
Marcel Robillard, MSc., PGeo, qualified person as defined by Canadian National Instrument 43 -
101 standards, has reviewed and approved the information reported in this news release. Neither
TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the polic ies
of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Mr. Robillard is President and CEO of the Company.
ABOUT PUMA EXPLORATION
Puma Exploration is a Canadian -based mineral exploration company with precious and base
metals projects in early to advanced stages located in the Famous Bathurst Mining Camp (BMC)
in New Brunswick, Canada. Great efforts will be made by the Company in the coming years to
deploy its DEAR strategy (Development, Exploration, Acquisition and Royalties) in order to
generate maximum value for shareholders with low shares dilution.
PUMA TSXV
175, rue Legaré | Rimouski (Québec) G5L 3B9 www.explorationpuma.com
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Marcel Robillard, President (418) 724-0901; [email protected]
Christian Tweedy, Communications ; [email protected]
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Forward-Looking Statements: This press release may contain forward -looking statements. Such
forward-looking statements involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Puma to be
materially different from actual future results and achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Readers a re cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements which speak only as of the date the statements were made, except
as required by law. Puma undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward -
looking statements. The se risks and uncertainties are described in the quarterly and annual
reports and in the documents submitted to the securities administration.