Visionary Hires Renowned Nickel Geologist Michael Page After Discovery at King Solomon, Appoints David R. Miller to Board of Directors
Visionary Hires Renowned Nickel Geologist
Michael Page After Discovery at King
Solomon, Appoints David R. Miller to Board of
Directors
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 16, 2023) - Visionary Gold Corp. (TSXV: VIZ)
("
Visionary
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to announce that it has hired Michael Page as Chief
Geologist, appointed David R. Miller to the Board of Directors and promoted consulting geologist
Sammy Gonzalez Buezo to Exploration Manager.
About Michael Page
With nearly 50 years of experience in the mining and exploration industry, Mr. Page brings a wealth of
knowledge and expertise to the Visionary Gold team. Mr. Page is a recognized nickel geologist and has
been active throughout the world. He served as Director of Exploration at Norilsk Nickel, one of the
world's largest nickel and palladium producers, where he was responsible for exploration, development,
mining geology, and reserve estimation. He was Vice President Exploration for Ivanhoe Mines group
companies in China and Southern Africa, spearheaded worldwide nickel exploration for BHP and Gold
Fields and has held senior positions with several other successful companies, including Western Mining
Corporation (WMC). He is a Qualified Person under Australian JORC and National Instrument 43-101 -
Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects
of the Canadian Securities Administrators.
About David Miller
David Miller is a business professional, economic geologist, and former Majority Leader of the Wyoming
State Legislature, where he represented the 55
th
District in the Wyoming House of Representatives from
2001 to 2021. Mr. Miller was the Chief Executive Officer of Strathmore Minerals Corp. prior to its merger
with Energy Fuels. His primary professional focus has been on mineral exploration, development, and
mining, and his career has spanned over 40 years with a chain of companies that began with Utah
International and evolved into AREVA (ORANO), the French Nuclear Power Conglomerate.
About Sammy Gonzalez Buezo
Sammy Gonzalez Buezo is a professional geologist, whose work directly led to the recent discovery of
nickel-cobalt mineralization at Visionary's King Solomon prospect.
Mr. Gonzalez Buezo has held the role
of exploration manager at more than a dozen projects internationally over the past twenty years. Most
notably, he managed the exploration team for a joint venture partnership between Rio Tinto and Calibre
Mining in Nicaragua. Sammy has been working as consulting geologist and database manager for
Visionary for the past two years.
"We are delighted to add such experience and expertise to our team," commented Visionary Gold CEO,
Wes Adams. "The addition of these three experienced mining professionals adds both strength and
credibility as we build on our new nickel-cobalt discovery at King Solomon."
Pursuant to its stock option plan, Visionary has granted a total of 5,000,000 incentive stock options of
the capital stock of the Company to its employees, directors, and consultants for up to a 5-year period at
an exercise price of $0.06. The appointment of Mr. Miller and Mr. Page are subject to the approval of the
TSX Venture Exchange.
About Visionary Gold Corp.
Visionary Gold Corp is a Vancouver-based mineral exploration company focused on making new
precious and base metals discoveries in Fremont County, Wyoming. Visionary's mission is to explore
responsibly and to develop resources in a manner that is acceptable to all stakeholders. While central
Wyoming has a strong mining history, it has never been systematically explored using modern
techniques. The Company now controls a land package greater than 80 square kilometres with
numerous drill ready targets, all accessible by road and within a one-hour drive from Visionary's US
headquarters in Lander Wyoming.
Typographical Correction to March 6
th
, 2023, Press Release
Visionary identified and corrected a typographical error, whereby a zero was omitted from the
description of cobalt mineralization in the second sentence of its Press Release dated March 6
th
, 2023.
The second sentence of the press release originally read
"Diamond drill hole KS22-003 intersected
44.5 metres ("m") of 0.23% nickel, 0.01% cobalt (from 87 m depth), including 17.0 m of 0.42% nickel,
0.23% cobalt
and anomalous levels of precious metals.
" This has been corrected to
"Diamond drill
hole KS22-003 intersected 44.5 metres ("m") of 0.23% nickel, 0.01% cobalt (from 87 m depth),
including 17.0 m of 0.42% nickel,
0.023% cobalt
and anomalous levels of precious metals.
" All values
were stated correctly in
Table 1
of the March 6
th
press release and the error did not impact the
materiality or accuracy of the reported drill intercept of 44.5 metres ("m") of 0.23% nickel, 0.01% cobalt
(from 87 m depth) in Diamond drill hole KS22-003.
For further information, please visit the company website at:
www.visionarygoldcorp.com
Contact:
Wes Adams, Chief Executive Officer
Visionary Gold Corp.
410-325 Howe Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 1Z7
Tel: (303) 809-4668
Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Canadian securities
legislation. These include, without limitation, statements with respect to analysis of core samples and
other results from Visionary's 2022 exploration program and further drilling and exploration plans of the
Company. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on several estimates and assumptions
that, while considered reasonable, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors which may cause actual results and future events to differ materially from those expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to general
business, economic and regulatory risks; capital and operating costs varying significantly from
management estimates; timing of the provision of services by third parties; delays in obtaining or failures
to obtain required governmental, environmental or other project approvals; uncertainties relating to the
availability and costs of financing needed in the future; inflation; fluctuations in commodity prices; delays
in the development of projects; and the other risks involved in the mineral exploration and development
industry generally.
Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing
the forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on these
statements, which only apply as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that
such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. Except where required by law, the Company
disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether because
of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
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