Evergold Corp (TSX-V:EVER, OTC:EVGUF) announced that CJ 'Charlie' Greig, a co-founder of the company and this year's recipient of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada's (PDAC) Bill Dennis Exploration Award, has assumed the role of chief exploration officer for the company and has been appointed to its board of directors.
The company said the new roles formalize the significant contribution and commitment Greig brings to the exploration and technical direction of Evergold.
He replaces Bernice Greig on the board who is stepping down after three years of service as a director for Evergold. Meanwhile, Andrew Mitchell has stepped down from his position of vice president, exploration to pursue his own business venture, Junior Mining Hub.
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"We are very pleased to formalize Charlie's role and contribution to Evergold with these appointments," said Kevin Keough, Evergold president and CEO in a statement.
"Charlie is a co-founder of Evergold, having contributed several of his best property assets to the company in exchange for equity, and since that time applying his wealth of technical expertise and exploration experience to their advancement.
“As such he remains, with management, highly motivated to see Evergold succeed, to which end he is taking the exploration lead on our exciting forthcoming Holy Cross, BC drill program, as well as overseeing our return next season to our high-grade discovery at the GL1 Main Zone on our Golden Lion, BC property, and finalizing drill targets at Rockland, Nevada," Keough added.
Greig commented: "I am excited to formally join Evergold and, in particular, to be involved in the first-ever drill-test of the Holy Cross property, which in the past attracted the attention of major mining companies including Noranda and Phelps Dodge, yet to date has never seen a drill.
“The company is in the final phases of systematic, on-the-ground geophysical, geochemical, and geological fieldwork at Holy Cross, which I first staked nearly a decade ago,” he said.
Holy Cross hosts epithermal low sulphidation-style Au-Ag (gold-silver) mineralization and widespread silicification and pyrite alteration in a system associated with rhyolitic rocks and with extensive silver, gold and multi-element gold-pathfinder soil geochemical anomalies.
Near surface, the system also coincides with Induced Polarization geophysical anomalies, which represent attractive depth targets, Greig noted.
Evergold is a Canadian explorer focused on precious metals projects in British Columbia (BC) - Golden Lion, Holy Cross - and Nevada - Rockland.
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