Vizsla Appoints Charles Funk as VP Exploration
VIZSLA RESOURCES CORP
(TSX-V: VZLA)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 19, 2019
VIZSLA APPOINTS CHARLES FUNK AS VP EXPLORATION
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Vancouver, British Columbia (June 19, 2019) – Vizsla Resources Corp. (TSX-V: VZLA)
(“Vizsla” or the “Company”) announces that it has appointed Charles Funk to the role of Vice
President of Exploration.
Charles has over thirteen years of industry experience, most recently as the Vice President of New
Opportunities and Exploration at Evrim Resources. During this time the prospect generation
company acquired eight new projects, entered seven new joint vent ures/alliances, made a
discovery at Ermitano West gold-silver deposit (Sonora, Mexico) and found the Cuale gold and
copper prospect (Jalisco, Mexico) which lead to a $7.2 million placement from Newmont Mining
at a 39% premium to market.
Previously, Charles has worked as a geologist and geophysicist for Newcrest Mining and
Oxiana/OZ Minerals with a focus on business development and early stage exploration in North
and South America, Australia and South-East Asia. With OZ Minerals he was a member of the
teams that discovered both the Ankata and Khamsin copper deposits (South Australia, Australia).
He has a wide range of experience in porphyry, epithermal and Iron Oxide Copper Gold (IOCG)
deposits in both North and South America and the Asia-Pacific region. Charles has a degree in
Space Science from La Trobe University and an honours degree in Earth Science from the
University of Melbourne.
Michael Konnert, President and CEO stated, “I am very excited to welcome Charles to our team.
He possesses a unique combination of deal-making abilities and technical knowledge. The
Company has recently completed an oversubscribed private placement for more than $1.9M and
we stand to benefit greatly from Charles’ expertise as we explore opportunities to maximize
shareholder value.”
About Vizsla Resources
Vizsla is a mineral exploration company engaged in the business of the acquisition, exploration and
development of mineral resource properties. The Company has approximately 33,000,000 shares
outstanding, greater than $2,000,000 in cash, and controls the 100%-owned Blueberry copper-gold asset in
British Columbia. Vizsla’s common shares trade under the symbol “VZLA” on the TSX-V. The Company
website can be found at www.vizslaresources.com
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Tel: (604) 838-4327
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