TVI Pacific Announces Appointment of Successor Auditor
TVI Pacific Announces Appointment of Successor Auditor
CALGARY, AB, February 7, 2025 | CNW | TVI Pacific Inc. (TSX-V: TVI) (OTC Pink: TVIPF) (“TVI” or the “Company”)
announces the appointment of Davidson & Company LLC (the “ Successor Auditor”), chartered professional
accountants, as the Company’s new auditor to hold office until the TVI’s next annual meeting of shareholders.
The appointment of the Successor Auditor has been approved by the board of directors (the “ Board”) and the
Company’s audit committee (the “Audit Committee ”), and TVI will seek shareholders ratification of the Successor
Auditor’s appointment at the next annual meeting of shareholders.
As announced on October 8, 2024, the Company’s former auditor, PricewaterhouseCooper LLC (the “Predecessor
Auditor”), resigned effective September 6, 2024. The Predecessor Auditor’s reports with respect to TVI’s financial
statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 did not contain a modified opinion.
However, there was a reportable event concerning an unresolved issue, as such terms are defined in National
Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations (“NI 51-102”), related to potential whistleblower allegations
(“Allegations”) involving TVI Resource Development (Phils) Inc. (“TVIRD”), the Company’s 30.66% subsidiary, and the
tailings incident at the Siana gold mine (“Incident”) owned and operated by Greenstone Resources Corporation, a
wholly-owned subsidiary TVIRD (see the Company’s news release dated October 8, 2024).
The Company has authorized the Predecessor Auditor to respond fully to inquiries by the Successor Auditor concerning
the Incident and Allegations.
The Company’s reporting package, including the notice of change of auditor, together with the required letters from the
Predecessor Auditor and Successor Auditor, each prepared in accordance with Section 4.11 of NI 51-102, are available
on TVI’s SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.ca.
About TVI Pacific Inc.
TVI is a Canadian resource company focused on mining projects in the Philippines, one of the most prolifically
mineralized countries in the world. TVI maintains a strong presence in the Philippines through its 30.66% equity interest
in TVIRD, a Philippines corporation. Through TVIRD, TVI has ownership in TVIRD’s 100%-owned Balabag gold/silver
mine, a currently producing mine, and is focused on ramping up to commercial production at TVIRD’s recently restarted
100%-owned Siana gold mine. TVIRD also has in its portfolio of projects its 100%-owned Mapawa project (gold), a 60%
indirect interest in the Mabilo project (a copper-gold-iron skarn deposit that offers potential for multi-metal products,
namely copper, gold and silver, with by-products magnetite and pyrite), and a 60% interest in Agata Mining Ventures
Inc. (nickel/iron DSO mine).
Contact Information:
Michael G. Regino
Chief Executive Officer
TVI Pacific Inc.
Phone: +632-7728-8491
E-mail: [email protected]
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“estimate”, “expect”, “may”, “will”, “intend”, “could”, “might”, “should”, “believe”, “scheduled”, “to be”, “will be” and similar
expressions.
Forward-looking statements and information in this News Release are based upon the opinions and expectations of
management of the Company and, in certain cases, information supplied by third parties as at the effective date of such
statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements or
information are based upon reasonable assumptions and that information received from third parties is reliable, it can
give no assurance that those expectations will prove to have been correct.
Forward-looking statements and information are subject to certain risks and uncertainties (known and unknown) that
could cause actual outcomes to differ materially from those anticipated or implied by such forward-looking statements
or information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance upon the forward-looking statements or information
contained in this News Release and such information should not be interpreted or regarded as guarantees of future
outcomes. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited those risks described in detail in the Company’s
Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2023, which was filed on SEDAR+ on April 29, 2024, and is
available under the Company’s profile at www.sedarplus.ca, and other matters discussed in News Release.
The forward-looking statements contained in this News Release are made as of the date hereof, and the Company does
not undertake any obligation to update or revise any of the included forward-looking statements, except as required by
applicable securities laws in force in Canada. The forward-looking statements contained herein are expressly qualified
by this cautionary statement.
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