TORONTO, Feb. 6, 2023
/PRNewswire/ - Talisker Resources Ltd. ("Talisker" or the
"Company") (TSX: TSK) (OTCQX: TSKFF) is pleased to announce
the appointment of Christy Smith and
Robert Power as directors and the
resignation of founding director, Brent
Gilchrist. Mr. Gilchrist will be continuing as an
advisor to the Board.
Christy Smith is a member of the
K'omoks First Nation and a highly skilled and accomplished
professional with 25 years of proven expertise working with natural
resource companies and indigenous communities. Her work is deeply
rooted in reconciliation and decolonizing the approach to ways of
doing business. She specializes in developing long lasting
relations through consultation and engagement and works closely
with projects developing community-based indicators, socio economic
and land use baseline reports and impact assessments. Christy has
experience in project management, negotiations, strategic planning,
risk assessments, facilitation, and mediation. She is recognized
for her professional and personal understanding of Indigenous
worldviews. Christy has a BA in Native Studies from the
University of Alberta and an MBA from
the University of Northern British
Columbia. Christy currently serves as a Partner and Vice
President, Indigenous and Stakeholder Relations with Falkirk
Environmental Consultants Ltd. of Vancouver and Vice President, Sustainability
with TDG Gold Corp. She most recently co-authored a book called
Weaving Two Worlds Economic Reconciliation between Indigenous
People and the Resource Sector.
Robert Power, LL.B., is an
internationally ranked and former practicing lawyer. Mr.
Power has extensive experience serving in governance roles with
publicly listed exploration and mining companies with Canadian and
international assets, including as Chairman and Special Committee
member. He is the former CEO of Privateer Gold Ltd., a
private gold exploration company in British Columbia and director of Bond
Resources Inc. He was also the Chair and President of
Canada's largest charitable
granting foundation, Ontario Trillium Foundation, where charitable
granting increased from $12 million
to $100 million annually during his
tenure. Mr. Power successfully facilitated the ISO
international technical committee which led to the international
acceptance of ISO Standard 14015, Environmental Assessment of
Sites and Organizations. He is a recipient of the Queen
Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal for having made a significant
contribution to Canada.
Terry Harbort, President and CEO
stated,
"We are very pleased to be adding directors of such caliber to
Talisker's Board. Both Christy and Robert have extensive
experience in the mining industry of British Columbia and bring a strong ESG
skillset to the Talisker Board. I believe they will both be a great
complement to the Talisker Team.
"We would like to thank Brent for his nearly four-year tenure as
a Talisker director. We are very pleased that Brent will be
continuing his association with the Company through an advisory
role."
About Talisker Resources
Ltd.
Talisker (taliskerresources.com) is a junior resource company
involved in the exploration of gold projects in British Columbia, Canada. Talisker's projects
include two advanced stage projects, the Bralorne Gold Complex, and
the Ladner Gold Project, both advanced stage projects with
significant exploration potential from historical high-grade
producing gold mines, as well as its Spences Bridge Project where
the Company holds ~85% of the emerging Spences Bridge Gold Belt,
and several other early-stage Greenfields projects. With its
properties comprising 304,931 hectares over 500 claims, three
leases and 197 crown grant claims, Talisker is a dominant
exploration player in south-central British Columbia.
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