AEX Gold Inc. Appointment of New Chief Financial Officer
TORONTO, Jan 26, 2021 - AEX Gold Inc. ("AEX" or the "Corporation") (TSXV:AEX), announces that Jaco Crouse has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") of AEX effective immediately, replacing George Fowlie who has stepped down as the CFO but remains on the Board as a Director. The Board intends to propose Mr. Crouse as a director of the Company at the next annual general meeting. Mr. Crouse is a seasoned mining executive with nearly 20 years' experience in financial management, mine financial planning, business optimization and strategy development. He most recently occupied the position of CFO of Detour Gold Corp., where he facilitated the successful financial and operational turnaround and sale of the corporation to Kirkland Lake Gold for US$3.7 billion. Prior to that, Mr. Crouse was Chief Financial Officer & Vice President-Finance of Triple Flag Mining Finance Ltd., ("Triple Flag") a Toronto-based private metal streaming business. From 2015-2016 Mr. Crouse was Vice President Business Planning & Optimization at Barrick Gold Corp. where he was instrumental in resetting the cost structure and improving the capital allocation discipline to deliver free cash flow improvements from underperforming assets during a period of low gold prices.
Mr. Crouse started his career in mining in 2002 at Xstrata Alloys, the world's largest ferrochrome producer, and went on to join Xstrata Nickel in 2007 (after the acquisition of Falconbridge) to integrate and optimize the nickel business unit, during which time he worked extensively in the Canadian business unit of Xstrata Nickel. He also worked as an Asset Manager at Glencore following its merger with Xstrata in 2013 and was responsible for integrating their nickel marketing offices. Mr. Crouse is a Chartered Professional Accountant (Ontario), a Chartered Accountant (South Africa), and a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) with a BComs (Honours) in Accounting Sciences from the University of South Africa.
Eldur Olafsson, Founder and Chief Executive Office of AEX Gold, commented:
"On behalf of the board, I would like to welcome Jaco Crouse to the AEX Gold team. Jaco brings with him significant industry and financial experience which will be vital as we continue our progress towards recommencing operations at the Nalunaq Gold Mine and moving into production."
Enquiries:
| Eldur Olafsson, Director and CEO | +354 665 2003 eo@aexgold.com |
| Eddie Wyvill, Investor Relations | +447713126727 ew@aexgold.com |
| Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker) | +44 (0) 20 7710 7600 |
| Callum Stewart Simon Mensley Ashton Clanfield | |
| Camarco (Financial PR) | +44 (0) 20 3757 4980 |
| Gordon Poole Nick Hennis Emily Hall |
Further Information:
About AEX
AEX's principal business objectives are the identification, acquisition, exploration and development of gold properties in Greenland. The Corporation's principal asset is a 100% interest in the Nalunaq Project, an advanced exploration stage property with an exploitation license including the previously operating Nalunaq gold mine. The Corporation has a portfolio of gold assets covering 3,870 km2, the largest portfolio of gold assets in Southern Greenland covering the two known gold belts in the region. AEX is incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act and wholly owns Nalunaq A/S, incorporated under the Greenland Public Companies Act.
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SOURCE: AEX Gold Inc.
