Vizsla Strengthens Board of Directors and Appoints Special Advisors
VIZSLA RESOURCES CORP
(VZLA-TSX-V)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 28, 2019
VIZSLA STRENGTHENS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND APPOINTS SPECIAL ADVISORS
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Vancouver, British Columbia (February 28, 2019) – Vizsla Resources Corp. (TSX-V: VZLA) (“Vizsla” or
the “Company”) is pleased to welcome Dr. Stuart Smith and Mr. Simon Cmrlec to the Board of Directors
and Bryce Roxburgh and Yale Simpson to the role of Special Advisors to the Company. In conjunction
with these appointments, Chris Dyakowski has resigned. The company would like to commend Mr.
Dyakowski for his work with Vizsla. The Company wishes Mr. Dyakowski the best of luck with his future
endeavors.
Michael Konnert, Chief Executive Officer, stated: "Vizsla is very excited to welcome such significant
appointments to the Company. Dr. Smith (former Technical Director – Strategy & New Projects for Teck)
and Mr. Cmrlec (President, Americas of Ausenco) both are respected industry leaders and Mr. Simpson
and Mr. Roxburgh are industry veterans who recently guided both Exeter and Extorre to acquisition by
major mining companies. These gentlemen, in addition to recent Board addition, Craig Parry, round out
our team to include experience in M&A, exploration, engineering, capital markets and executive strategy”
Stuart Smith:
Stuart has 30 years global exploration experience spanning the spectrum from global project generation to
mine geology with a track record of discovery in brownfields and greenfields arenas.
Most recently Stuart was Technical Director – Strategy & New Projects for Teck Resources Ltd., based in
Vancouver, Canada. In this role Stuart lead the team with global responsibility for new exploration project
review and capture. Prior to that Stuart held the role of Specialist – Global Copper for Teck, based in
Santiago, Chile in which he had responsibility for Teck’s global Cu exploration portfolio. Prior to joining
Teck, Stuart was Chief Geologist for the Oxiana-OZ Minerals-MMG group of companies and subsequently
with the founders of Oxiana in the G-Resources, Tigers Realm and EMR companies. In these roles Stuart
was responsible for activities across the full spectrum from global project identification and review to
brownfields exploration and in-mine resource evaluation
Stuart holds a BSc (Hons 1) degree from the University of New England, Armidale, Australia and a PhD
from CODES at the University of Tasmania, Australia.
Simon Cmrlec:
Simon is currently President, Americas at Ausenco, one of the world’s foremost EPCM companies. In his
role he leads teams across Canada, USA, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Argentina.
Simon began his career with Western Mining at its Olympic Dam Operations in South Australia where he
held a number of technical and operations roles. He was one of the Owners Representatives for the Olympic
Dam Expansion Project (ODP) where he was involved in the design, construction and commissioning of
the Smelter and Hydrometallurgical facilities. Following the completion of the ODP project Simon joined
Kvaerner and was involved in the construction and commissioning of various base metals, iron ore and gold
projects in the US, South America, Middle East and South Africa. In 2001 he joined Inco on the Goro
Nickel project in New Caledonia as the Project Manager responsible for the Refinery facility. Simon held
a number of roles on the Goro Nickel project including Senior Project Manager and Construction director
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in his eight years there. Simon joined Ausenco in 2009 and has held a number of positions with the
company including President, Program Management and President APAC/Africa before moving to Canada
in 2015 to take up his current role.
Simon attended the Gartrell School of Mining, Metallurgy and Applied Geology at the University of South
Australia and graduated with a B.Eng (Hons) in Metallurgical Engineering in 1994.
Bryce Roxburgh:
Bryce Roxburgh obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in geology and geophysics from Sydney University
in 1971 and a Fellow of the AusIMM. He has over 40 years’ experience in the exploration and mining
industry. From 1971 to 1989, Bryce worked for Amoco Minerals Australia Company and Cyprus Mines
Corporation and was responsible for the exploration teams which discovered the Selwyn, Red Dome and
Junction Reef mines. Between 1989 and 1998, he worked for Arimco N.L. and Climax Mining Limited
where he was responsible for the teams which discovered the Didipio mine in the Philippines. In 2003
Bryce and colleague Yale Simpson established Exeter Resource Corporation focusing on gold and copper
projects in South America. He was co-Chairman of Extorre Gold Mines Ltd., a successful spinout from
Exeter Resource Corporation in 2010, which was bought by Yamana Gold Ltd. in 2012. Bryce was co -
Chairman of Exeter until it was purchased by Goldcorp Inc. in 2017.
Yale Simpson:
Yale Simpson has a Bachelor of Applied Science (Geological Engineering) from the University of British
Columbia, Canada and is a professional geologist. Yale has more than 30 years’ experience as a senior
geologist, exploration manager and CEO of companies involved in precious metals projects in Australia,
Africa, Eastern Europe and South America. Those companies included Pennzoil Company, Chevron
Exploration, Australmin Holdings, Argosy Gold Mines and Black Swan Gold Mines Ltd. He was Co -
chairman of Extorre Gold Mines Ltd., a successful spinout from Exeter, which was bought by Yamana
Gold Ltd. in 2012 and was co-Chairman of Exeter until it was purchased by Goldcorp Inc. in 2017. His
particular expertise is in strategic resource planning, financing and corporate communications. In addition
to Adamera Minerals Corp. Yale is currently a director of Rugby Mining Limited.
In addition, the company has granted 2,010,000 options to directors, advisors, employees and consultants
to the company. The options are exercisable at $0.15 per share for a period of 10 years and are subject to
the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange.
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 20,000,000 shares
outstanding and has two exploration-stage projects 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
Contact Information: For more information and to sign-up to the mailing list, please contact:
Michael Konnert, President and Chief Executive Officer
Tel: (604) 838-4327
Email: [email protected]
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potential mineralization on the Blueberry Property
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party contractors, supplies and governmental and other approvals required to conduct planned exploration activities
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fluctuations in general macroeconomic conditions; dependence on third party financing, uncertainty of the availability
of additional financing, reliance upon key management, early stage nature of the Company’s projects, fluctuations in
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metals or certain other commodities; change in national and local government, legislation, taxation, regulations and
political or economic developments; risks and hazards associated with the business of mineral exploration,
development and mining (including environmental hazards, industrial accidents, unusual or unexpected formations
pressures, cave-ins and flooding); inability to obtain adequate insurance to cover risks and hazards; relationships with
and claims by local communities and indigenous populations;; the speculative nature of mineral exploration and
development (including the risks of obtaining necessary licenses, permits and approvals from government authorities),
deficiencies in the Company’s title to its properties.
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factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended.
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