VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 1,
2022 /CNW/ - Filo Mining Corp. (TSX: FIL)
(Nasdaq First North Growth Market: FIL) (OTCQX: FLMMF) ("Filo
Mining", or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment
of Mr. Ian Gibbs as Chief Financial
Officer ("CFO") and Mr. Arndt
Brettschneider as Vice President, Operations & Projects,
effective September 1, 2022. The
Company would like to thank Mr. Jeff
Yip, who steps down from his responsibilities at Filo Mining
as he focuses his efforts as CFO for NGEx Minerals Ltd. ("NGEx").
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Commenting on the changes, Jamie
Beck, President, and CEO stated, "First off, I'd like to
thank Jeff for his leadership and guidance over the past six years.
His steady oversight as CFO was instrumental to our successes to
date. We wish him all the best, and I'm confident in his continued
success at NGEx."
Mr. Beck continued, "We are pleased to welcome Ian and Arndt
to the team at Filo Mining. Both bring a track record of success in
the natural resources sector, and I look forward to their
contributions. As our exploration activities ramp up, the
demands on the Company's finance and operations teams are
increasing, and I'm excited to have them join the team and
contribute to driving the project forward."
Mr. Gibbs joins the Company having previously served as CFO for
Josemaria Resources Inc. ("Josemaria"), which was recently
purchased by Lundin Mining Corporation. He is a Canadian Chartered
Professional Accountant and a graduate of the University of Calgary where he obtained a Bachelor
of Commerce degree. He has held a variety of prominent executive
and board positions within the Lundin Group of companies. Prior to
his role at Josemaria, he served as CFO of Africa Oil Corp., a TSX
and Nasdaq Stockholm listed Canadian oil and gas company with
assets in Kenya and Ethiopia. Previously, Mr. Gibbs was CFO of
Tanganyika Oil where he played a pivotal role in the sale of the
company to Sinopec International Petroleum for $2 billion. Prior to Tanganyika Oil, Mr. Gibbs
was CFO of Valkyries Petroleum, which was the subject of a
$750 million takeover. Mr. Gibbs has
also held directorship positions with Lundin Gold Inc. since
inception in 2014, Africa Energy Inc. (2011 – 2022) and Africa Oil
Corp., since 2019.
Similarly, Mr. Brettschneider joins having most recently served
as Vice President, Technical Services for Josemaria. He has over 25
years of international mining, project development and consulting
experience. Prior to joining Josemaria Resources, Mr.
Brettschneider was Vice President of the mining consulting
businesses at two global engineering companies. His experience
includes 10 years leading large multinational teams delivering
engineering studies and consulting services to clients in North and
South America, as well as 13 years
in on-site project development and operations roles in various gold
operations in Australia and in
Peru. Mr. Brettschneider holds a
Bachelor of Science with Honours from the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia and an MBA from Queen's
University in Ontario, Canada.
On behalf of Filo Mining,
Jamie Beck
President and CEO
About Filo Mining
Filo Mining is a Canadian exploration and development company
focused on advancing its 100% owned Filo del Sol copper-gold-silver
deposit located in Chile's Region
III and adjacent San Juan Province, Argentina. The Company's shares are listed on
the TSX and Nasdaq First North Growth Market under the trading
symbol "FIL", and on the OTCQX under the symbol "FLMMF". Filo
Mining is a member of the Lundin Group of Companies.
Additional Information
The Company's certified adviser on the Nasdaq First North Growth
Market is Aktieinvest FK AB, +46 8 506 51703,
rutger.ahlerup@aktieinvest.se.
The information contained in this news release was accurate at
the time of dissemination, but may be superseded by subsequent news
release(s). The Company is under no obligation nor does it intend
to update or revise the forward-looking information, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.
This information was submitted by Filo Mining Corp. for
publication, through the agency of the contact person set out
below, on September 1, 2022 at
03:00 am EDT.
Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements made and information contained herein in the
news release constitutes "forward-looking information" and
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable
securities legislation (collectively, "forward-looking
information"). Generally, this forward-looking information can
frequently, but not always, be identified by use of forward-looking
terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is
expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts",
"intends", "projects", "budgets", "assumes", "strategy", "goals",
"objectives", "potential", "possible", "anticipates" or "does not
anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases
or statements that certain actions, events, conditions or results
"will", "may", "could", "would", "should", "might" or "will be
taken", "will occur" or "will be achieved" or the negative
connotations thereof. All statements other than statements of
historical fact may be forward-looking statements.
The Company believes that the expectations reflected in the
forward-looking information included in this news release are
reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations
will prove to be correct and such forward-looking information
should not be unduly relied upon. In particular, these
statements include statements regarding our intent, or the beliefs
or current expectations of our officers, including statements made
with respect to Mr. Gibbs and/or Mr. Brettschneider's contributions
to the Company as it continues to progress the Filo del Sol
Project.
The forward-looking statements contained in this news release
are made as at the date of this news release and Filo does not
undertake any obligations to publicly update and/or revise any of
the included forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
additional information, future events and/or otherwise, except as
may be required by applicable securities laws. There can be
no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as
actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. All the forward-looking information
contained in this document is qualified by these cautionary
statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
forward-looking information due to the inherent uncertainty
thereof. These statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or
events to differ materially from those anticipated in such
forward-looking statements, including the risks, uncertainties and
other factors identified in the Company's latest Annual Information
Form and Management's Discussion and Analysis available at
www.sedar.com.
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