Silver Viper Minerals Announces Appointment of Rakesh Malhotra as Chief Financial Officer
Silver Viper Minerals Announces Appointment
of Rakesh Malhotra as Chief Financial Officer
VANCOUVER, BC
,
Jan. 23, 2026
/CNW/ -
Silver Viper Minerals Corp.
(TSXV: VIPR) (OTCQB:
VIPRF)
(the "Company")
announces the appointment of Mr.
Rakesh Malhotra
as Chief Financial
Officer, effective immediately.
Mr. Malhotra joins Silver Viper Minerals with more than 30 years of extensive financial leadership
experience spanning both public and private companies. His expertise encompasses accounting,
capital markets, corporate governance, financial reporting, and strategic growth initiatives. Over the
course of his career, Mr. Malhotra has held senior finance roles across
North America
and the
Middle East
, including leadership positions at multinational organizations and TSX
listed mining
companies, where he played a key role in shaping financial strategies, managing complex
operations, and supporting sustainable growth.
He is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) in
Canada
and a U.S. Certified Public
Accountant (CPA) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honors). Mr. Malhotra's extensive
background combines technical financial expertise with a proven ability to guide organizations
through periods of expansion, capital raising, and strategic transformation.
On his appointment, Mr. Malhotra commented:
"I am thrilled to join Silver Viper at such a pivotal stage of growth. The Company's high-quality
portfolio of projects on prominent mineral trends in
Mexico
represents a unique opportunity for the
company. I look forward to supporting the team in advancing its projects, optimizing financial
strategies, and delivering long-term value to shareholders."
Adam Cegielski
, Chairman of Silver Viper Minerals, added:
"Rakesh brings extensive experience in managing complex financial operations, capital markets
initiatives, and corporate governance. His expertise will be invaluable as Silver Viper continues to
advance its silver and gold assets and execute its long-term growth strategy. We are confident that
Rakesh's leadership will play a key role in driving the Company forward, building on his current
success as CFO of Goldsky Resources Corp. (
TSX-V: GSKR
), formerly First Nordic Metals (TSX-
V: FNM)."
About Silver Viper Minerals Corp.
Silver Viper Minerals Corp. (TSX-V: VIPR; OTCQB: VIPRF) is a Canadian-based junior mineral
exploration company focused on advancing precious-metals projects in
Mexico
. The Company's
portfolio includes the La Virginia Gold-Silver Project in
Sonora
, the Cimarron Gold-Copper Project in
Sinaloa
, and the recently announced Coneto Silver-Gold Project acquisition, collectively representing
a strong pipeline of district-scale exploration opportunities within
Mexico's
prolific silver belt.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
Adam Cegielski
Chairman
Tel: +1 905-510-8890
Email:
Steve Cope
President and CEO
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release.
Forward-Looking Information
This news release may contain forward-looking statements, including statements with respect to
the Company's business plans, exploration activities, strategic objectives, and future growth
initiatives. These statements reflect management's current estimates, beliefs, intentions and
expectations; they are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements address
future events and conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Such factors
include, among other things: risks and uncertainties relating to exploration and development, the
ability of the Company to obtain additional financing, the need to comply with environmental and
governmental regulations, fluctuations in the prices of commodities, operating hazards and risks,
competition and other risks and uncertainties, including those described in the Company's financial
statements, management discussion and analysis and/or annual information form available on
www.sedar.com
. The risk factors identified in such documents are not intended to represent a
complete list of factors that could affect the Company. Actual results may differ materially from
those currently anticipated in such statements and the Company undertakes no obligation to update
such statements, except as required by law.
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Silver Viper Minerals Corp.
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