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Ed Cope Joins NuLegacy Gold Management Team
RENO, Nev., Sept. 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NuLegacy Gold Corporation (TSX-V:NUG) (OTCQX:NULGF) reports that Mr. Ed Cope, currently a director of NuLegacy Go
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[{"type":"text","content":" RENO, Nev., Sept. 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NuLegacy Gold Corporation (TSX-V:NUG) (OTCQX:NULGF) reports that Mr. Ed Cope, currently a director of NuLegacy Gold, will join NuLegacy’s management to both oversee exploration efforts and be responsible for property evaluation and acquisition. Since becoming a NuLegacy Director in January of 2017, Mr. Cope has guided the expansion and development of NuLegacy’s exploration team selecting personnel based on his impressive 30+ years record of success in exploring for gold deposits in North America, principally focused on the ‘elephant sized’ gold deposits of the Carlin and Cortez gold trends of Nevada. “Few people have the depth of knowledge of the Great Basin region that Ed Cope has. Together with his industry contacts throughout Nevada, Ed has already made a huge impact on NuLegacy, and will now become an integral component of the company’s growth efforts”, said CEO James Anderson. As VP Exploration for Barrick, Mr. Cope was instrumental in recognizing and attracting the remarkable exploration team that was responsible for the significant growth in Barrick’s Nevada reserves and resources. In 2014, Mr. Cope was, along with his team members, co-recipient of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada’s “Thayer Lindsley International Mineral Discovery of the Year” award for the discovery of the 10+ million ounce Goldrush deposit, located adjacent to NuLegacy's Red Hill property. In conjunction with his appointment to NuLegacy’s management team, Mr. Cope has been granted a stock option to purchase a total of 650,000 common shares of the Company at a price of $0.20 per share for a period of five years, subject to vesting in six equal semi-annual installments commencing on the date of grant. About NuLegacy Gold Corporation: NuLegacy is a Nevada exploration company focused on discovering additional Carlin-style gold deposits on its premier district scale 98 sq. km (38 sq. mile) Red Hill Project in the prolific Cortez gold trend of Nevada. To date NuLegacy has discovered the Iceberg Carlin-style gold deposits and has identified several more highly prospective exploration targets that are being drilled this year. NuLegacy’s Red Hill Project is located on trend and adjacenti to the three multi-million ounce Carlin-type gold deposits (the Pipeline, Corte...