Queensland Gold Hills Corp. Appoints Simon Cohn to Its Board of Directors
Queensland Gold Hills Corp. Appoints Simon
Cohn to Its Board of Directors
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - November 15, 2022) -
Queensland Gold Hills Corp.
(TSXV: OZAU) (OTCQB: MNNFF) (FSE: MB3)
("
Queensland Gold
" or the "
Company
") is pleased
to announce the appointment of Mr. Simon Cohn to its Board of Directors.
In his roles as a board advisor
and director, Simon draws on a wealth of leadership, professionalism, passion and knowledge built up
over 20 years' experience in the natural resources sector.
Mr. Cohn was Managing Director at
MEC Mining
from 2011 and was appointed to the role of Non-
Executive Director in 2017. MEC Mining is a leading global technical consulting firm specialising in
mining services capabilities across the project life cycle from early-stage exploration through
development, mine planning, onsite management to mine closure and rehabilitation. Among MEC's
extensive client list are many of the largest global mining companies in the world.
In 2018, Simon founded Mining Projects Accelerator (MPX), a project generator created to hasten the
identification of exploration targets on prospective leases in Australia. MPX fast-tracks projects through
the value curve using robust technical analysis, proven leadership teams and innovative capital raising
programs. Simon is also director and advisor to several private businesses across the mining,
exploration, and technology sectors.
Simon is passionate about engaged, inspired leadership and, in his board and advisory roles, he
coaches and mentors senior teams. He strongly believes in building a unified team whose members are
empowered to act autonomously in pursuit of a common vision and prioritises robust partnerships with
clients, other businesses and employees.
Mr. Simon Cohn stated, "I am excited to be joining the existing board members of Queensland Gold Hills
as the company continues to develop its current assets and to actively support the board in the
identification and selection of additional exceptional and undervalued assets to add to the portfolio.
Creating and executing strategies that focus on value creation for shareholders is our top priority and
OZAU has built up a strong foundation for us to build on in the coming months. The global resources
sector is constantly evolving and I believe my experience and expertise across the last 20+ years in the
sector is an excellent fit as OZAU is poised to capitalize on opportunities to the benefit of our
shareholders. We have seen strength returning to the metals markets and I look forward to exciting times
ahead."
Background
Simon Cohn completed a Bachelor of Engineering in Mining at the University of Queensland, graduating
in 1998 with Honours Class IIA. Upon graduation Simon commenced his mining career in underground
hardrock operations at both Copper/Gold and Silver/Lead/Zinc mines. Simon then moved to open cut
Silver/Lead Zinc operations at Century Mine before taking on the Production Planning Superintendent
role at the same site. Following several years in this operation, Simon then joined several mining
contractors in Metallurgical Coal Open Cut Operations. In 2005, Simon relocated to Laos to support
operations at the Sepon Copper and Gold open cut mine providing operations support and assisting in
the development of national engineers and local contractors. Returning to Australia Simon joined MEC
Mining remaining as Managing Director until 2017. MEC Mining is global mining consultancy where
Simon remains a co-owner and is a non-executive director. During his time leading MEC, Simon also
supported a large range of clients and projects in Australia and overseas. Simon's extensive operational
knowledge saw him travel globally supporting and reviewing projects across a range of commodities in
Australia, Papua New Guinea, Laos, Ghana, Siberia, Nicaragua, and Indonesia.
In 2018 Simon identified an opportunity to create a project generator in Australia that accelerated not
only project identification but maintained a core focus on project development and commercialisation.
Simon worked closely with the remainder of the board in developing the MPX initiative. Simon drives
project acquisition and development for MPX, preparing projects for commercialisation.
MPX now holds
a portfolio of projects at various stages of development working with a range of commodities. In 2019
Simon co-founded E79 Resources, successfully commercializing the company's Victorian gold assets
with Canadian Securities Exchange listed Top Exploration Corp in December 2020. Top exploration
was renamed to E79 Resources.
Resignation of Director
Queensland would also like to announce the resignation of Mr. Blair Way from the Board of Directors
effective immediately. We would like to thank Mr. Way for his contributions and leadership.
About Queensland Gold Hills Corp.
Queensland Gold Hills is focused on conducting modern systematic exploration in the historic goldfields
of Queensland, Australia. Collectively, the Big Hill Gold Project and the Titan Project cover 110 square
kilometers and host 54 high-grade historical gold mines in the Talgai Goldfields of the broader Warwick-
Texas District.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Alicia Milne, President & CEO
Telephone:
1 (800) 482-7560
E-mail:
Twitter:
@QLDGoldhills
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necessary approvals, unsuccessful exploration results, changes in project parameters as plans
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and financing on acceptable terms, general economic, market or business conditions, risks
associated with regulatory changes, defects in title, availability of personnel, materials and equipment
on a timely basis, accidents or equipment breakdowns, uninsured risks, delays in receiving
government approvals, unanticipated environmental impacts on operations and costs to remedy
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in the Company's Management Discussion and Analysis for its recently completed fiscal period,
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