Wildcat announces AGM results including election of Donald Young to its Board of Directors
VANCOUVER, June 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Wildcat Silver Corporation (TSX: WS) ("Wildcat") is pleased to announce that Donald Young was elected to its Board of Directors at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") today.
Donald Young has more than 35 years of experience working in the mining industry and, for many years, in public practice. He is a retired KPMG LLP partner. Before joining KPMG, he worked for Placer Dome Inc (now Barrick Gold Corporation). In public practice, he worked both as an audit partner and, for a few years, as a management consulting partner focused on operational and organization reviews, governance, and control/ risk management. He is a Fellow and past president of the British Columbia Institute of Chartered Accountants. He is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors. He currently serves on the Boards of Dundee Precious Metals Inc. and Midas Gold Corp. He has served on the Boards of other publicly listed and not for profit organizations, including Science World British Columbia, British Columbia Safety Authority and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Richard Warke, Wildcat's chairman and CEO commented, "Don's extensive accounting background particularly in mining will be a great contribution to Wildcat. His experience will be a good complement to the expertise of our Board and we welcome him to the team."
The Wildcat Board of Directors is now comprised of: Richard W. Warke (Chairman and CEO), Gilmour Clausen (Vice Chairman), R. Stuart Angus, Donald B. Clark, Robert P. Wares and Donald Young.
A summary of the results for the election of Wildcat's Board of Directors at the Company's AGM is provided below.
Name of Nominee | Votes For | % | Votes Withheld/Abstain |
% |
R. Stuart Angus | 67,375,051 | 98.05% | 1,338,404 | 1.95% |
Donald B. Clark | 67,373,669 | 98.05% | 1,339,786 | 1.95% |
Gilmour Clausen | 67,372,802 | 98.05% | 1,340,653 | 1.95% |
Robert P. Wares | 67,367,802 | 98.04% | 1,345,653 | 1.96% |
Richard W. Warke | 67,373,669 | 98.05% | 1,339,786 | 1.95% |
Donald Young | 67,367,802 | 98.04% | 1,345,653 | 1.96% |
Shareholders also voted in favour of the appointment of PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chartered Accountants, as auditors of the Company for the ensuing year and authorized directors to fix their remuneration.
A total of 77,141,351 Wildcat common shares were voted, representing 53.89% of total shares issued and outstanding as at the record date of the AGM.
About Wildcat
Wildcat is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on the development of its 80% owned Hermosa silver project located in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. The project currently has a preliminary economic assessment completed which estimates average annual production of over 15 million ounces of silver for the first five years and a 16 year mine life, making it one of the largest undeveloped silver projects in the USA. Hermosa's measured and indicated mineral resource consists of 194 million tonnes averaging 37.7 grams per tonne silver for a total of 236 million ounces of silver and an inferred mineral resource of 80 million tonnes averaging 30.9 grams per tonne silver for a total of 79 million ounces of silver as announced in the August 9, 2012 press release.
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SOURCE Wildcat Silver Corporation
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