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Wildcat Silver Corp
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Close 2015-05-26 C$ 0.425
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Wildcat Silver appoints Puri to board

2015-05-27 09:45 ET - News Release

Mr. Richard Warke reports

WILDCAT SILVER ANNOUNCES PROFESSOR POONAM PURI TO JOIN ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Wildcat Silver Corp. appoints professor Poonam Puri to its board of directors.

Poonam Puri, professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School and affiliated scholar to Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, is one of Canada's most respected scholars and commentators on issues of corporate governance, corporate law, securities law and financial regulation. She was associate dean, research, graduate studies and institutional relations, at Osgoode Hall Law School from July, 2011, to September, 2013, before taking on the role of associate dean until July, 2014. She was also co-director of the Hennick Centre for Business and Law, a joint initiative of Osgoode Hall Law School and the Schulich School of Business at York University, from July, 2008, to June, 2013. In 2008, Ms. Puri was appointed as one of two research directors of the Canadian Ministry of Finance's Expert Panel on Securities Regulation, which led to the proposed common securities regulator. In 2005, she was co-research director of the Task Force to Modernize Securities Legislation and also served as a member of the Ontario Securities Commission's investor advisory committee from 2005 to 2007. In 2011, Ms. Puri was named one of the 100 most powerful women in Canada by the Women's Executive Network.

Ms. Puri is a member of the board of directors of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority and chaired its corporate governance and nominating committee for four years. She also sits on the board of directors of Toronto's Women's College Hospital and is currently chair of its nominating and corporate governance committee. Ms. Puri has a bachelor of laws (LLB) degree from the University of Toronto and a master of laws (LLM) degree from Harvard Law School.

Richard Warke, Wildcat's chairman and chief executive officer, commented: "We are very pleased to have Ms. Puri join our board as an independent director at this exciting time in the company's development. We look forward to her corporate governance expertise and business insight as we build on the recent exploration success at our Hermosa North West project."

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