VANCOUVER, BC, April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Augusta
Gold Corp. (TSX: G) (OTCQB: AUGG) (FSE: 11B) ("Augusta" or the
"Company") announces Mr. Donald
Taylor, currently a Director of the Company has been
appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, effective
immediately. Ms. Maryse
Belanger has resigned as Chief Executive Officer, President
and a Director of Augusta Gold for
personal reasons.
Mr. Taylor, currently Chief Executive Officer of Titan Mining
Corporation has 30 years of mineral exploration experience with
precious and base metals on five continents, taking projects from
exploration to mine development. He is the recipient of the
Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada's 2018 Thayer Lindsley Award for the 2014 discovery of
the Taylor lead-zinc-silver deposit in Arizona. Mr. Taylor has worked
extensively for large and small cap companies, including Arizona
Mining, BHP Minerals, Bear Creek Mining, American Copper and
Nickel, Doe Run Resources and Westmont Mining Company. He is a
Licensed Professional Geologist in several eastern and western
states and a qualified person as defined by National Instrument
43-101. Mr. Taylor has a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology
from Southeast Missouri State
University and a Master of Science degree from the
University of Missouri at Rolla.
About Augusta
Gold
Augusta Gold is a
rapidly growing exploration and development company focused on
building a long-term business that delivers stakeholder value
through developing the Bullfrog Gold Project and pursing accretive
M&A opportunities. The Bullfrog Gold Project is located
in the prolific Bullfrog district approximately 120 miles
north-west of Las Vegas, Nevada
and 4 miles west of Beatty,
Nevada. The Company controls approximately 7,800 acres of
mineral rights including the Bullfrog and Montgomery-Shoshone deposits and has further
identified significant additional mineralization around the
existing pits and defined several exploration targets that could
further enhance the Project. The Company is led by a
management team and board of directors with a proven track record
of success in financing and developing mining assets and delivering
shareholder value. For more information please
visit www.augustagold.com.
Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor the Investment
Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada accepts responsibility for the adequacy
or accuracy of this release.
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