Trilogy Metals Announces Election of Directors and Appoints Janice Stairs as Chair of the Board
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News Release
Trilogy Metals Announces Election of Directors and
Appoints Janice Stairs as Chair of the Board
May 23, 201 9 - Vancouver, British Columbia – Trilogy Metals Inc. (TSX, NYSE
American: TMQ) (" Trilogy Metals” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce th at the
shareholders voted in favour of all item s of business before the Annual Meeting of the
Shareholders held in Vancouver yesterday and that the nominees listed in the management
proxy circular for the meeting were all elected as directors. Detailed results of the vote for
the election of directors are set out in the table below.
Nominee Votes
For
%
For
Votes
Withheld
%
Withheld
Tony Giardini 77,795,156 99.61 308,460 0.39
James Gowans 77,947,025 99.80 156,591 0.20
William Hayden 77,794,367 99.60 309,249 0.40
William Hensley 77,928,060 99.78 175,556 0.22
Gregory Lang 77,942,636 99.79 160,980 0.21
Kalidas Madhavpeddi 77,940,265 99.79 163,351 0.21
Janice Stairs 77,920,022 99.76 183,594 0.24
Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse 77,938,382 99.79 165,234 0.21
Diana Walters 77,784,854 99.59 318,762 0.41
The Company is also pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Janice Stairs, LLB, MBA as
Chair of the Board of Directors. Ms. Stairs has been a director of Trilogy Metals since 2011 .
She graduated from Dalhousie Law School and holds a Master of Business Administration
degree from Queen’s University.
“Janice is well suited to Chair the Trilogy Board. With her strong legal background, her many
years working in the mining sector and the fact that she has been an active director of Trilogy
Metals since its inception eight years ago, she knows the history of the Company and
understands and appreciates the relationships that Trilogy has built in Alaska towards
advancing our assets in the Ambler Mining District.”, said Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse, President
and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. “We are also delighted to welcome James (Jim)
Gowans as a director. Jim and I worked together at Placer Dome and he has always had an
appreciation for the challenges of developing a mine in Alaska. Jim’s previous experience
with Cominco Limited , where he oversaw the completion of a feasibility study and the
subsequent design and construction of the Red Dog Mine will be valuable to Trilogy Metals as
we start the next phas e of developing the Arctic mine . Jim also operated the Red Dog Mine
for three years following its commissioning . The relationships that he built with the Inupiaq
people of Northwestern Alaska will be invaluable as we advance the Ambler Mining District to
production”.
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“We welcome Jim as an independent director to Trilogy Metals”, said Janice Stairs, Chair of
the Board of Directors of Trilogy Metals. “Not only does Jim bring his tremendous insight and
experience in Alaska , but he also developed a well -established and respectful working
dynamic with our partner, South32 Limited while he was President and CEO of Arizona Mining
Inc.”
Detailed results of all items of business are available in the Report of Voting Results filed
under the Company’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com (“SEDAR”) and on the Form 8-K filed
under the Company’s EDGAR profile at www.sec.org (“EDGAR”).
About Trilogy Metals
Trilogy Metals Inc. is a metals exploration company focused on exploring and developing the
Ambler mining district located in northwestern Alaska. It is one of the richest and most -
prospective known copper -dominant districts located in one of the safest geopolitical
jurisdictions in the world. It ho sts world -class polymetallic volcanogenic massive sulphide
(“VMS”) deposits that contain copper, zinc, lead, gold and silver, and carbonate replacement
deposits which have been found to host high grade copper mineralization. Exploration efforts
have been focused on two deposits in the Ambler mining district - the Arctic VMS deposit and
the Bornite carbonate replacement deposit. Both deposits are located within the Company's
land package that spans approximately 143,000 hectares. The Company has an agreement
with NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., a Regional Alaska Native Corporation that provides a
framework for the exploration and potential development of the Ambler mining district in
cooperation with local communities. Our vision is to develop the Ambler mining district into a
premier North American copper producer.
Company Contacts
Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse Elaine Sanders
President & Chief Executive Officer Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
604-638-8088 or 1-855-638-8088
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