Talisker Strengthens Board of Directors
Talisker Strengthens Board of Directors
TORONTO
,
Feb. 6, 2023
/CNW/ - Talisker Resources Ltd. ("
Talisker
" or the "
Company
") (TSX:
TSK) (OTCQX: TSKFF) is pleased to announce the appointment of
Christy Smith
and
Robert Power
as directors and the resignation of founding director,
Brent Gilchrist
. Mr. Gilchrist will be continuing
as an advisor to the Board.
Christy Smith
is a member of the K'omoks First Nation and a highly skilled and accomplished
professional with 25 years of proven expertise working with natural resource companies and
indigenous communities. Her work is deeply rooted in reconciliation and decolonizing the approach to
ways of doing business. She specializes in developing long lasting relations through consultation and
engagement and works closely with projects developing community-based indicators, socio
economic and land use baseline reports and impact assessments. Christy has experience in project
management, negotiations, strategic planning, risk assessments, facilitation, and mediation. She is
recognized for her professional and personal understanding of Indigenous worldviews. Christy has a
BA in Native Studies from the
University of Alberta
and an MBA from the University of
Northern
British Columbia
. Christy currently serves as a Partner and Vice President, Indigenous and
Stakeholder Relations with Falkirk Environmental Consultants Ltd. of
Vancouver
and Vice President,
Sustainability with TDG Gold Corp. She most recently co-authored a book called Weaving Two
Worlds Economic Reconciliation between Indigenous People and the Resource Sector.
Robert Power
, LL.B., is an internationally ranked and former practicing lawyer. Mr. Power has
extensive experience serving in governance roles with publicly listed exploration and mining
companies with Canadian and international assets, including as Chairman and Special Committee
member. He is the former CEO of Privateer Gold Ltd., a private gold exploration company in
British
Columbia
and director of Bond Resources Inc. He was also the Chair and President of
Canada's
largest charitable granting foundation, Ontario Trillium Foundation, where charitable granting
increased from
$12 million
to
$100 million
annually during his tenure. Mr. Power successfully
facilitated the ISO international technical committee which led to the international acceptance of
ISO
Standard 14015, Environmental Assessment of Sites and Organizations.
He is a recipient of the
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal for having made a significant contribution to Canada.
Terry Harbort
, President and CEO stated,
"We are very pleased to be adding directors of such caliber to Talisker's Board. Both Christy and
Robert have extensive experience in the mining industry of
British Columbia
and bring a strong ESG
skillset to the Talisker Board. I believe they will both be a great complement to the Talisker Team.
"We would like to thank Brent for his nearly four-year tenure as a Talisker director. We are very
pleased that Brent will be continuing his association with the Company through an advisory role."
About Talisker Resources Ltd.
Talisker (taliskerresources.com) is a junior resource company involved in the exploration of gold
projects in
British Columbia, Canada
. Talisker's projects include two advanced stage projects, the
Bralorne Gold Complex, and the Ladner Gold Project, both advanced stage projects with significant
exploration potential from historical high-grade producing gold mines, as well as its Spences Bridge
Project where the Company holds ~85% of the emerging Spences Bridge Gold Belt, and several
other early-stage Greenfields projects. With its properties comprising 304,931 hectares over 500
claims, three leases and 197 crown grant claims, Talisker is a dominant exploration player in south-
central
British Columbia
.
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For further information:
Terry Harbort, President and CEO, [email protected],
+1 416 361 2808; Matt Filgate, Vice President, Corporate Development,
[email protected], +1 778 679 3579
CO: Talisker Resources Ltd
CNW 10:31e 06-FEB-23