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Bengal Announces AGM Details and Board of Directors Renewal
Calgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - July 24, 2024) - Bengal Energy Ltd. (TSX: BNG) (" Bengal " ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nBengal Announces AGM Details and Board of Directors RenewalCalgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - July 24, 2024) - Bengal Energy Ltd. (TSX: BNG) (\"Bengal\" or the \"Company\") provides an update respecting its Annual General Meeting of shareholders (the \"Meeting\") and upcoming changes to the board of directors (the \"Board\") and management of the Company.Meeting DetailsBengal will hold the Meeting on Thursday, September 19, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. (Calgary time) in person hosted in the boardroom of Bengal office at 640, 630-6th Ave S.W., Calgary, Alberta. Shareholders and guests can listen to the Meeting via teleconference a link will be available on our website prior to the meeting. Shareholders and proxyholders will not be able to vote their shares via teleconference. We encourage all shareholders to submit their proxies in advance of the Meeting. The Notice of Meeting and Information Circular Proxy Statement for the Meeting is expected to be mailed and filed under Bengal's SEDAR+ profile on sedarplus.ca on or about August 19, 2024.Board of Directors RenewalMr. Robert Steele has provided notice to Bengal that he will not stand for re-election as a director at the Meeting and will retire as a member of the Board at the Meeting. Mr. Steele joined the Board in 2010 and has served as Chairman of the Board since September 28, 2021. Chayan Chakrabarty, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Bengal commented: \"I consider myself very fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with Mr. Steele over the last 10 plus years, benefiting immensely from his advice and direction. On behalf of Bengal's board of directors, management, employees and stakeholders, I would like to express our sincere thanks to Mr. Steele for his many years of service and significant contributions to Bengal as a director, and we wish him all the best in his future endeavours.\"Management ChangeFurther to its recent strategic review of its Australian assets, the Company identified a number of redundancies in its Australian staff. Affected staff include Mr. Kai Eberspaecher, Chief Operating Officer, who will leave his employment with the Company on October 31, 2024.\"I would like to thank Kai for his time and dedication to Bengal over the past three years.\" stated Chayan Chakrabarty, President and Chief Executive Officer. \"We wish him the very best in his futur...