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Omai Gold Announces New Director Derek Macpherson and AGM Results
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - December 11, 2023) - Omai Gold Mines Corp. (TSXV: OMG) (OTCQB...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Omai Gold Announces New Director Derek Macpherson and AGM ResultsToronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - December 11, 2023) - Omai Gold Mines Corp. (TSXV: OMG) (OTCQB: OMGGF) (\"Omai\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the election of Mr. Derek Macpherson to the Board of Directors. The Company is also announcing the results from the Annual General and Special Meeting (AGSM) and the granting of incentive stock options to a director of the Company. Mr. Macpherson has over ten years of capital markets experience in mining, identifying investment opportunities, consulting on business strategy, and raising money for junior mining companies. For the last few years, he worked as a mining executive and director, prior to which he worked in capital markets as Mining Analyst and Investment Banker at both boutique and bank-owned investment dealers, primarily covering junior mining stocks. Previously he worked for six years as a metallurgist. Mr. Macpherson has a Bachelor of Engineering and Management in Materials Science from McMaster University, and a Master of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business. Derek is of Guyanese descent. He is currently President and CEO of Gold79 Mines Ltd and Executive Chairman of Olive Resource Capital Inc.Omai Gold CEO, Elaine Ellingham, commented: \"I am very pleased to welcome Derek to our Board. He brings years of experience in the capital markets, together with technical experience as a metallurgist, and senior executive experience leading exploration and investment companies. His experience in the financial sector as well as in-depth knowledge of the technical aspects of our business will add additional strength to our Board as we advance our Omai Gold project in Guyana. I look forward to working with Derek as we continue to grow OMG.\"The Company held its AGSM on December 6, 2023. Shareholders voted in favour of all items of business before the AGSM, including the re-election of directors Elaine Ellingham, Lon Shaver, Don Dudek, and Nadine Miller, and the election of new director Derek Macpherson. The Company has granted incentive stock options to a director of the Company to purchase up to 1,000,000 common shares of the Company pursuant to the Company's stock option plan. The options have a five-year term at an exercise price of $0.065 per share, subject to a vesting schedule...