VANCOUVER, April 19, 2017 /CNW/ - GoldMining Inc. (the
"Company" or "GoldMining") (TSX-V: GOLD; OTCQX:
GLDLF) is pleased to announce new appointments to its Technical
Advisory Board (the "Advisory Board" or "Board") to assist
GoldMiningꞌs management team in the evaluation and advancement of
our gold projects in the Americas. Appointments to this board
include Dr. Paul Zweng, Dr.
Ross Sherlock, PGeo and Mr.
Curtis Clarke, Mining Engineer, all
of whom have extensive experience in gold exploration, development
and production throughout the world.
Management welcomes Paul, Ross and Curtis to GoldMiningꞌs
Advisory Board. Duties of the Board will include providing insight
and guidance to management and existing board members on advancing
GoldMiningꞌs portfolio of resource stage gold and gold-copper
projects based on their industry and academic experience. In
addition, they will help identify and evaluate potential new
acquisition in regions or deposit types where they have extensive
experience.
Garnet Dawson, CEO of GoldMining,
commented: "We are fortunate to have Paul, Ross and Curtis agree to
join our Advisory Board. Collectively, they bring decades of
exploration and development experience that will extend managements
reach significantly in advancing our portfolio of gold-copper
porphyry and mesothermal gold projects, and in identifying
additional opportunities for potential acquisition in the
Americas."
Paul Zweng, PhD
Dr. Zweng has blended a technical and financial background in
exploration and mining over the past 30 years. Dr. Zweng is CEO of
Bellhaven Copper & Gold and co-founder of Sand & Gold, LLC,
the general partner to The Toquepala Fund, LP, a private investment
partnership designed to invest in early-stage exploration
companies. Prior to this, he co-founded Antares Minerals and was
CEO of QGX Ltd. before they were acquired by First Quantum and
Kerry Group for $650 million and
$265 million, respectively. Paul was
a Research Analyst and Partner at Palo Alto Investors, a hedge fund
based in California from 1999 to
2002. Dr. Zweng led BHP Copperꞌs new business development efforts
in the Copper Belt of Africa and
was Manager of Exploration & Geology for the Tintaya mine in
Peru from 1995 to 1999.
He received a PhD from Stanford
University, United States,
MSc degree from Queens University,
Canada and two BSc degrees with distinction in Geology and
Applied Earth Sciences from Stanford
University.
Paul has founded and led exploration companies that have
discovered several significant mineral deposits including Haquira,
Coroccohuayco and Antapaccay copper deposits in Peru, Baruun Naran metallurgical-thermal coal
deposit and Golden Hills copper deposit in Mongolia and La Garrucha gold-copper deposit
in Colombia; the Golden Hills
deposit is currently in production.
Ross Sherlock, PhD,
PGeo
Dr. Sherlock is a professional geologist with over 28 years of
experience in the mining industry and academic research. He has
held senior positions with major mining companies including Vice
President, Geoscience at Kinross Gold Corp., Exploration Manager,
North America at Gold Fields and
Project Manager, Senior Research Geologist at Miramar Mining
Corporation/Newmont Mining Corporation. Prior to this, he was a
Research Geoscientist at the Geological Survey of Canada and Senior Geologist at SRK Consulting
Engineers.
Dr. Sherlock completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the
University of British Columbiaꞌs Mineral Deposits Research Unit,
PhD at the University of Waterloo, MSc
at Lakehead University, and BSc
(Honours) at McMaster University,
Canada. He is a member of the
Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC and Association of
Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (APGO). He was awarded the William
Gross award in 2003, which is bestowed annually by the Mineral
Deposits Division of the Geological Association of Canada, to a geoscientist less than 40 years
of age, who has made a significant contribution to the field of
economic geology within Canada.
Ross has extensive world-wide experience in several gold deposit
types including orogenic gold, epithermal gold and gold-copper
porphyry deposits. He led teams that are responsible for a number
of new discoveries and significant reserve and resource addition
while working with Kinross Gold Corp., Gold Fields and Miramar
Mining Corporation.
Curtis Clarke, BSc,
MMSA
Mr. Clarke in a mining engineer with over 30 yearsꞌ experience
in the mining industry. He started his career as an underground
miner, which was followed by mining equipment sales and managing
international engineering companies. His areas of expertise include
business strategies and management, feasibility studies,
underground mining methods and equipment, public reporting and
mining valuations.
Curtis completed a Certificate in International Trade at
York University, Canada, BSc (Mining Engineering) at
Michigan Technological University,
USA, and Mine Engineering
Technologist Diploma at the Haileybury School of Mines,
Canada. He is a qualified
professional licensed with the Mining & Metallurgical Society
of America.
Mr. Clarke has extensive international experience managing
technical studies from resource estimation through to feasibility
studies for both open pit and underground mines for a range of
commodities. He has advised investors, financiers and project
developers throughout the various stages of project
development.
About GoldMining Inc.
GoldMining Inc. is a public mineral exploration company focused
on the acquisition and development of gold projects in Brazil, Colombia and other regions of the Americas.
GoldMining Inc. is advancing its Titiribi Gold-Copper Project
located in the Department of Antioquia, Colombia, its Cachoeira and São Jorge Gold
Projects located in the State of Pará, northeastern Brazil, its Whistler Gold-Copper Project
located in the State of Alaska,
United States of America, and its
Rea Uranium Project in the western Athabasca Basin in northeast Alberta, Canada.
Forward-looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements
that reflect the current views and/or expectations of the Company
with respect to its performance, business and future events,
including statements regarding the Company's acquisition
strategy. Forward-looking statements are based on the
then-current expectations, beliefs, assumptions, estimates and
forecasts about the business and the industry and markets in which
the Company operates, including that: the current price of and
demand for minerals being targeted by the Company will be sustained
or will improve; general business and economic conditions will not
change in a material adverse manner; financing will be available if
and when needed on reasonable terms; and the Company will be able
to identify and acquire additional mineral interests on reasonable
terms or at all. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees
of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and
assumptions which are difficult to predict. Investors are cautioned
that all forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties, including: that resource exploration and development
is a speculative business; that the Company may lose or abandon its
property interests or may fail to receive necessary licenses and
permits; that the Company's properties are in the exploration stage
and are without known bodies of commercial ore; that the Company
may not be able to raise additional funds when necessary; potential
defects in title to the Company's properties; fluctuations in
currency exchange rates; fluctuating prices of commodities;
competition; potential inability to find suitable acquisition
opportunities and/or complete additional acquisitions on acceptable
terms or at all; and other risks and uncertainties listed in the
Company's public filings. These risks, as well as others,
could cause actual results and events to vary
significantly. Accordingly, readers should not place undue
reliance on forward-looking statements and information, which are
qualified in their entirety by this cautionary
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information, or the material factors or assumptions used to develop
such forward-looking information, will prove to be
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SOURCE GoldMining Inc.