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First Mining Announces Board Changes and Appointment of Vice President, Investor Relations
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / April 2, 2020 / First Mining Gold Corp. ("First Mining" or the "...
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[{"type":"text","content":"First Mining Announces Board Changes and Appointment of Vice President, Investor RelationsVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / April 2, 2020 / First Mining Gold Corp. (\"First Mining\" or the \"Company\") (TSX:FF);(OTCQX:FFMGF);(FRANKFURT:FMG) is pleased to announce the appointment of two new Directors - Mr. Richard Lock and Ms. Aoife McGrath to its Board of Directors (the \"Board\") effective immediately. In addition, the Company announces the retirement of Dr. David Shaw and Mr. Michel Bouchard from its Board. Dr. Shaw has served as Director of the Company since its inception in March 2015, and Mr. Bouchard joined as a Director in April 2016 post First Mining's acquisition of Clifton Star Resources Inc.Keith Neumeyer, Chairman of First Mining, stated \"On behalf of First Mining's Board of Directors, we are delighted to welcome Richard and Aoife to the Company. Richard brings corporate experience and technical expertise gained from developing some of the largest mining projects in the world. Aoife brings significant public mining company experience on both the technical and corporate development fronts from her many years working on a vast number of global gold assets. Both bring complementary skill sets to our Board as we advance our portfolio of development-stage gold assets in Canada. I would also like to thank David and Michel for their extensive contributions to the Board and the Company over the last several years. We wish them both great success in all their future endeavors.\"First Mining is also pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Spiros Cacos as Vice President, Investor Relations and the transition of Mal Karwowska to Vice President, Corporate Development. Dan Wilton, CEO of First Mining, stated \"We are excited to welcome Spiros to the First Mining team and to have Mal focus on First Mining's corporate development activities. Spiros brings 20 years of experience and relationships in investor relations to the role, which will help us broaden our investor base and marketing reach. We continue to focus on value-enhancing opportunities for our broader portfolio of gold assets, including finding partners to fund and advance some of our assets as evidenced by our recent earn-in transaction with Auteco Minerals on our Pickle Crow Gold Project. This transition of responsibilities better aligns our resources with our corporate...