Mr. Stephen de Jong reports
INTEGRA GOLD APPOINTS PETRA DECHER TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND JACQUES SIMONEAU AS EXPLORATION MANAGER
Integra Gold Corp. has appointed Petra Decher, CPA, CA, to the board of directors and Jacques Simoneau, PGeo, as exploration manager.
"The board is pleased to welcome Ms. Decher and Mr. Simoneau to the Integra team. They both bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the company and will be integral to the future growth and development of the Lamaque project," noted George Salamis, chairman of Integra. "The recent additions of Charles Oliver, and now Petra Decher, to the board of directors demonstrate our ongoing commitment to building a team with the breadth and depth to continue to advance the Lamaque project. It is a testament to both the quality of the project and the existing management team that Integra is able to continue and attract such top-notch talent."
Ms. Decher, a fluent French speaker, is an experienced finance executive with over 12 years in the mining industry. She has a deep understanding of public reporting, corporate governance and investor relations. Ms. Decher is currently the vice-president, finance, and assistant secretary for Franco-Nevada Corp. Prior to Franco-Nevada, Ms. Decher was president and chief financial officer for Geoinformatics Exploration Inc., an exploration company focused on projects in British Columbia, Nevada, Mexico and Australia. Ms. Decher is a chartered accountant and Quebec native. She completed her bachelor of commerce degree at Concordia University, her diploma in accounting at McGill University and articled at Richter Usher Vineberg (now Richter) in Montreal, Que.
Mr. Simoneau is a senior level exploration geologist with extensive experience working with major gold companies identifying and evaluating precious metals opportunities. Mr. Simoneau has been actively involved in, and led the design, implementation and management of, exploration projects and feasibility studies in various geological environments in Canada and internationally. As exploration manager for Goldcorp, he led the exploration team at the Eleonore project through a positive feasibility study and construction decision. Under his leadership, the Eleonore project's resource grew to over seven million ounces of gold and transitioned from exploration and development to operations. Mr. Simoneau also held the position of principal geologist for Barrick Gold, and was responsible for the identification and evaluation of exploration projects for potential acquisitions. Prior to his work with Goldcorp and Barrick, Mr. Simoneau spent 18 years with Placer Dome, where he held various senior positions, including project manager for early-to-advanced-stage exploration projects in North America, West Africa and southern Africa. Mr. Simoneau is a PGeo, graduating from the Universite de Montreal, and a member in good standing of the Ordre des Geologues du Quebec.
The board received the resignation of Yuhuan Ge as a director of the company. Mr. Ge has been a valuable member of the board since 2010. The board of directors would like to thank Mr. Ge for his valuable contributions during his time as a director and wish him the best in future endeavours.
Integra also announces that pursuant to its stock option plan, 620,000 incentive stock options exercisable at 30 cents per share for a period of seven years have been granted to directors, officers and employees of the company.
Subject to approval of the restricted share unit plan by the TSX-V and ratification by disinterested shareholders at the 2015 annual general meeting of shareholders, 250,000 restricted share units have also been granted to a director of the company.
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