AEX Gold Inc.: AEX Appointment of New Chief Financial Officer
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / January 26, 2021 / AEX Gold Inc. ("AEX" or the "Corporation") (TSXV:AEX), announces that Jaco Crouse has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") of AEX effective immediately, replacing George Fowlie who has stepped down as the CFO but remains on the Board as a Director. The Board intends to propose Mr. Crouse as a director of the Company at the next annual general meeting.
Mr. Crouse is a seasoned mining executive with nearly 20 years' experience in financial management, mine financial planning, business optimization and strategy development. He most recently occupied the position of CFO of Detour Gold Corp., where he facilitated the successful financial and operational turnaround and sale of the corporation to Kirkland Lake Gold for US$3.7 billion. Prior to that, Mr. Crouse was Chief Financial Officer & Vice President-Finance of Triple Flag Mining Finance Ltd., ("Triple Flag") a Toronto-based private metal streaming business. From 2015-2016 Mr. Crouse was Vice President Business Planning & Optimization at Barrick Gold Corp. where he was instrumental in resetting the cost structure and improving the capital allocation discipline to deliver free cash flow improvements from underperforming assets during a period of low gold prices.