New Found Gold Appoints Douglas Hurst, Founding Member of Newmarket Gold, to Board of Directors
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New Found Gold Corp. (
New Found or the
Company ) (TSXV: NFG) (OTC: NFGFF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Douglas Hurst as a Director of the Company effective immediately.
Mr. Hurst was part of the founding group of Newmarket Gold, which, following discovery of the high-grade Swan Zone at the company s Fosterville mine, was sold to Kirkland Lake Gold in 2016 for approximately $1 billion.
Mr. Hurst is a serially successful mining entrepreneur and executive. He founded International Royalty Corporation, which was sold to Royal Gold for approximately $700 million in 2010. He also serves as the Chairman of Northern Vertex Mining and as a director of Calibre Mining and Newcore Gold.