Vior Appoints Marian Moroney to Its Board and Grants Stock Options
VIOR APPOINTS MARIAN MORONEY TO ITS BOARD
AND GRANTS STOCK OPTIONS
Montreal, Canada – October 30, 2024 – VIOR INC. (“Vior” or the “Corporation”) (TSXV: VIO, OTCQB:
VIORF , FRA: VL51), is pleased to announce t he appointment of Marian Moroney to the Corporation’s
Board of Directors, effective October 23, 2024. Marian is a seasoned Exploration and New Opportunities’
executive who brings over 30 years of experience in the mining sector.
“We are excited to welcome Marian to the Board and look forward to working with her as Vior executes
on its ambitious growth plans, including the continued rapid advancement of our flagship Belleterre Gold
Project,” said Mark Fedosiewich, President and CEO. “Marian’s depth of knowledge, combined with her
skills and global experience in all areas of mineral exploration and corporate management, will add a
valuable new dimension to the Vior team. ”
Ms. Moroney’s expertise spans exploration, strategic planning, governance, and mergers and
acquisitions, with a strong focus on identifying and managing new business opportunities and joint
ventures. During her 20+ years at Barrick Gold Corporation, Marian advanced through various technical
and leadership roles, contributing to gold and copper exploration across diverse geological models and
project stages on multiple continents. Her impactful work led to her recognition as one of the 100 Global
Inspirational Women in Mining in 2016.
Marian served on the board of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (“PDAC”) from
2014 to 2017 and on the board of Reunion Gold Corporation from 2019 to 2022. She currently serves as
a member of the PDAC Geoscience and Innovation Committee and as a board member for Conroy Gold
and Natural Resources PLC, where she continues to influence the future of the mining industry.
Stock Option Grants
Vior an nounces that it has granted incentive stock options to employees, officers, directors, and
consultants to acquire an aggregate of 1,245,000 common shares. The stock options have been granted
in accordance with the Corporation’s Stock Option Plan, have an exercise price of $0.205 per share, are
exercisable for 5 years and vest as to one-third of the number on the date of grant, one-third on the first
anniversary of grant, and the final one-third on the second anniversary of grant.
About Vior Inc.
Vior is a junior mineral exploration corporation based in the province of Quebec, Canada, whose
corporate strategy is to generate, explore, and develop high-quality mineral projects in the proven and
favourable mining jurisdiction of Quebec. Through the years, Vior’s management and technical teams
have demonstrated their ability to discover several gold deposits and many high-quality mineral projects.
Vior is rapidly advancing its flagship Belleterre Gold Project with the strategic support of Osisko Mining
Inc. (now Gold Fields Limited , pursuant to the completion of its acquisition via plan of arrangement
transaction announced by Osisko Mining on October 25, 2024). The Belleterre Gold Project is a promising
district-scale project that includes Quebec’s past -producing high-grade Belleterre gold mine. Vior has
conducted extensive surface and compilation exploration at the Belleterre Project and is currently
executing on a +60,000 metre drill program. Vior is also actively developing its promising Skyfall Project
in partnership with SOQUEM Inc., and several other projects with multi-mineral potential.
For further information, please contact:
Mark Fedosiewich
President and CEO
613-898-5052
www.vior.ca
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Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements. All statements, other than of historical facts, that address activities,
events or developments that the Corporation believes, expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future including, without
limitation, the planned exploration program on the Belleterre project, the expected positive exploration results, the timing of
the exploration results, the ability of the Corporation to continue with the exploration program, the availability of the required
funds to continue with the exploration program, and the approval from the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts
(“MRNF”) for the request for abandonment of the two mining concessions originally filed by 9293 -0122 Québec Inc. (the
previous owner of the two mining concessions). Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by use of the words
"will", "should", "continue", "expect", "anticipate", "estimate", "believe", "intend", "to earn", "to have', "plan" or "project" or the
negative of these words or other variations on these words or comparable terminology. Forward -looking statements are
subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Corporation's ability to control or predict, that
may cause the actual results of the Corporation to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements.
Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things,
failure to meet expected, estimated or planned exploration expenditures, the possibility that future exploration results will
not be consistent with the Corporatio n's expectations, general business and economic conditions, changes in world gold
markets, sufficient labour and equipment being available, changes in laws and permitting requirements, unanticipated
weather changes, title disputes and claims, environmental risks, the refusal by the MRNF to approve the request for
abandonment of the two mining concessions held by the Corporation, as well as those risks identified in the Corporation's
Management's Discussion and Analysis for the fiscal year ended June 30, 202 4. Should one or more of these risks or
uncertainties materialize, or should assumptions underlying the forward -looking statements prove incorrect, actual results
may vary materially from those described and accordingly, readers should not place undue relia nce on forward -looking
statements. Although the Corporation has attempted to identify important risks, uncertainties and factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially, there may be others that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. The
Corporation does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward -looking statements except as
otherwise required by applicable law.