Royal Road Minerals Announces Appointment of Board Director
Royal Road Minerals Announces Appointment of Board
Director
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 13, 2019) - Royal Road Minerals Limited (TSXV: RYR) ("Royal Road" or the
"Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of prominent social development and environmental specialist, Liz Wall to
the Board of Directors.
Liz has more than twenty years of global experience assessing and addressing social and environmental risks and impacts
associated with extractive sector investments in developing countries. Liz has a Bachelor of Engineering in Mining, a Masters of
Science and a Masters of Philosophy (Oxford). Originally trained as a mining engineer, a Rhodes Scholarship allowed Liz to
pursue further studies in poverty reduction and environmental management. She has worked in more than forty countries,
commencing her career with Rio Tinto in both project and corporate roles, focusing on health, environment and community
aspects, before moving to the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) as a social development and
environmental specialist. Liz has established a successful consulting business (Shared Resources Pty Ltd), has held a number
of board-appointed roles and is regularly in the position of advising major mining companies on significant investment decisions.
Recognizing the evolving expectations of social and environmental performance, Liz retains close connections to fellow
practitioners, delivers training courses on key topics, and authors books and papers on topics in this area.
"It is our privilege and pleasure to welcome Liz to the team" said Peter Mullens, Royal Road's Chairman of the Board "Having
someone of Liz's impressive caliber will no doubt assist the Company in achieving its goal of operating at the very highest level
in regards to its social and environmental commitments in Colombia and Nicaragua. As well as promoting strategy, Liz will play
an active role in ensuring the Company advances its innovative initiatives such as the Royal Road Accelerator and its important
agreements with Economía Sociales del Común (ECOMUN) in Colombia and the Centro de Entendimiento con la Naturaleza
(CEN) in Nicaragua."
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Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Cautionary statement:
This news release may contain certain information that constitutes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements
are frequently characterized by words such as "plan," "expect," "project," "intend," "believe," "anticipate" and other similar
words, or statements that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" occur and include statements regarding the use of
proceeds from the private placement transactions. Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of
management at the date the statements are made, and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors
that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. These
factors include the inherent risks involved in financing transactions, exploration and development of mineral properties, the
hiring and retention of directors and officers, the uncertainties involved in interpreting drilling results and other geological
data, fluctuating metal prices, permitting and licensing and other factors described above and in the Company's most recent
annual information form under the heading "Risk Factors", which has been filed electronically by means of the Canadian
Securities Administrators' website located at
www.sedar.com
. The Company disclaims any obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statements if circumstances or management's estimates or opinions should change. The reader is cautioned
not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
For further information please contact:
Dr. Timothy Coughlin
President and Chief Executive Officer
USA-Canada toll free 1800 6389205
+44 (0)1534 887166
+44 (0)7797 742800
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