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Toronto, Ontario – TheNewswire - November 4, 2022 - NewOrigin Gold Corp. (“ NewOrigin ” or the“ Company ”) (TSXV:NEWO) (OTC:TROIF) is pleased to announce the appointments of Andrew Thomson asLead Director and Michael Farrant as Chief Financial Officer(“CFO”) effective October 18, 2022. Andrew Thomson will continueas the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of NewOrigin and isreplacing Elijah Tyshynski as Lead Director. Michael Farrant isreplacing Brian Jennings as CFO. In addition, David Farquharson hasstepped down as President and will continue in a consulting role withthe Company and Alex Rodriguez Tovalino will be standing for electionto the board of directors at NewOrigin’s next Annual General Meetingon November 30, 2022, and will replace Alexandria Marcotte .
“Michael Farrant is a proven CFO and business leader,delivering impressive results throughout his 26 year career in themining sector. Michael brings diversified and valued experience forboth managing and leading junior exploration companies,” said AndrewThomson, Lead Director and CEO of NewOrigin. “I would like tothank Brian and Alexandria for their past service with NewOrigin. Ilook forward to working with Michael and Alex in their new roles andwill continue to work with David to advance NewOrigin.”
Mr. Farrant has 26 years’ experience in the goldexploration and mining space including former President and CEO of aTSX listed Mexican gold producer, Vice President, Treasurer andOperations Controller with Kinross Gold Corporation and CorporateController with Barrick Gold Corporation. Mr. Farrant was aco-founder, President and CEO of Commonwealth Silver and Gold MiningInc. which was acquired by Marlin Gold Mining Ltd. in 2015. Mr.Farrant received a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from Queen’sUniversity in 1992 and earned his CA in 1995 with Coopers &Lybrand (now PwC).
Mr. Rodriguez currently serves as VicePresident, Corporate Development overseeing strategy, businessdevelopment and investor relations for O3 Mining Inc. Mr. Rodriguez isan economist with over 10 years’ experience in the mining industryand capital markets, spanning both corporate development and equityresearch roles. He led a range of strategic and finance initiatives atVolcan Compañía Minera ( “ Volcan ” ) asHead of Business Development. Prior to Volcan, Mr. Rodriguez worked atKallpa Securities in metals and mining equity research. He holds anMBA from the University of Toronto – Rotman School ofManagement.
About NewOrigin Gold Corp.
NewOrigin Gold Corp. is a Canadian gold explorationcompany focused on drill discovery on its Sky Lake gold project in theCanadian Shield. NewOrigin’s management and board have extensiveexperience in the delineation and development of gold deposits.NewOrigin trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the ticker“ NEWO ”.
For Further InformationContact:
Andrew Thomson, Lead Director & CEO
Tel: 905-727-1779 E-mail: at@neworigingold.com
or visit www.neworigingold.com
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