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Rua Gold Announces Appointment of Tyron Breytenbach as Independent Director and Results from 2024 AGM
VANCOUVER, BC, April 17, 2024 /CNW/ - RUA GOLD Corporation (the "Company" or "RUA GOLD") announces the appointment of Tyron Breytenbach as independent director
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, BC, April 17, 2024 /CNW/ - RUA GOLD Corporation (the \"Company\" or \"RUA GOLD\") announces the appointment of Tyron Breytenbach as independent director effective today. Mr. Breytenbach has been appointed to the Chair of the Audit Committee and member on the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, Compensation Committee and Sustainability and Governance Committee. Oliver Lennox-King, Chair of RUA GOLD, commented \"I am pleased to welcome Tyron to the RUA Board as an independent director. He brings significant capital markets experience as well as geological knowledge of the deposits in New Zealand which will serve the Company well as we build this Company and footprint in New Zealand.\" About Tyron Breytenbach Mr. Breytenbach is currently the CEO of Lithium Africa Resources and a former equity analyst at Cormark Securities and Stifel Canada and was SVP Capital Markets at Aris Mining. In each of these roles he interacted extensively with the international investment community. Mr. Breytenbach was a Senior Partner and Managing Director in the investment banking group at Canada's largest employee-owned dealer – Cormark. Prior to entering capital markets, Mr. Breytenbach spent a decade in the mining industry as a geologist where he focused on orogenic and epithermal gold deposits and specialized in resource estimation. Mr. Breytenbach holds a BSc (Honours) Degree from Rand Afrikaans University in South Africa and is a designated P.Geo in Ontario . More information can be found at the Company's website: www.ruagold.com and the investor presentation can be downloaded here: Investor Presentation AGM Voting Results RUA GOLD also announces the results of its annual general meeting held on April 17, 2024 (the \"AGM\"). Shareholders voted in favour of all of the items of business put forth at the AGM, as detailed below. A total of 30,578,936 shares were represented at the AGM, representing 15.80% of the total issued and outstanding shares in the capital of the Company. Description of the Matter Outcome of Vote Votes For Votes Withheld 1. An ordinary resolution to elect each of the five Board nominees described in the Information Circular as directors of the Company for the ensuing year or until their successors are duly elected or appointed subject to the provisions of the Business Corporation...