NYSE: VZLA TSX-V: VZLA
VANCOUVER, BC, April 12, 2024 /CNW/ – Vizsla Silver Corp. (TSXV: VZLA) (NYSE: VZLA) (Frankfurt: 0G3) (“Vizsla Silver” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce, the appointment of Suki Gill as an independent director of the Company effective immediately. The appointment of Ms. Gill follows an extensive search exercise carried out by the Company’s Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee over the past 12 months, as part of Vizsla Silver’s ongoing commitment to Governance and Board diversity.
“I am very excited to welcome Ms. Gill to the Vizsla Silver board,” stated Craig Parry, Chairman. “I have had the pleasure of working closely with her over the past 4 years and have been impressed with the diligence and oversight that she brings to her role. Suki’s leadership perspectives, financial acumen, and her experience in guiding companies through their transition and growth will prove incredibly valuable for Vizsla Silver as we transition from explorer to developer.”
Ms. Gill currently serves as a partner and is a member of the executive committee at Smythe LLP. She is a Chartered Professional Accountant with 23 years of experience and specializes in providing audit and assurance services to publicly traded companies operating in the resource industry, as well as private companies across a number of industries in both Canada and the United States. Ms. Gill is also a director of Skeena Resources Limited. She was previously on the board of directors for the Provincial Health Services Authority and British Columbia Emergency Health services. Ms. Gill is passionate about forging connections and collaborating with diverse group of people. She is committed to continuous learning for students and professionals at Smythe LLP.
Also, the Company wishes to disclose that it received a letter from the NYSE American LLC (the “NYSE American“) dated April 8, 2024, notifying that it was not in technical compliance with certain continued listing standards of the NYSE American. However, the Company is pleased to announce that it has since regained compliance, and the NYSE American has issued a cure letter in that regard.
Vizsla Silver is a Canadian mineral exploration and development company headquartered in Vancouver, BC, focused on advancing its flagship, 100%-owned Panuco silver-gold project located in Sinaloa, Mexico. To date, Vizsla Silver has completed over 350,000 metres of drilling at Panuco leading to the discovery of several new high-grade veins. For 2024, Vizsla Silver has budgeted +65,000 metres of resource/discovery-based drilling designed to upgrade and expand the mineral resource, as well as test other high priority targets across the district.
Website: www.vizslasilvercorp.ca
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Forward‐looking statements and forward‐looking information relating to any future mineral production, liquidity, enhanced value and capital markets profile of Vizsla Silver, future growth potential for Vizsla Silver and its business, and future exploration plans are based on management’s reasonable assumptions, estimates, expectations, analyses and opinions, which are based on management’s experience and perception of trends, current conditions and expected developments, and other factors that management believes are relevant and reasonable in the circumstances, but which may prove to be incorrect. Assumptions have been made regarding, among other things, the price of silver, gold, and other metals; costs of exploration and development; the estimated costs of development of exploration projects; Vizsla Silver’s ability to operate in a safe and effective manner and its ability to obtain financing on reasonable terms.
These statements reflect Vizsla Silver’s respective current views with respect to future events and are necessarily based upon a number of other assumptions and estimates that, while considered reasonable by management, are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties and contingencies. Many factors, both known and unknown, could cause actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from the results, performance or achievements that are or may be expressed or implied by such forward‐looking statements or forward-looking information and Vizsla Silver has made assumptions and estimates based on or related to many of these factors. Such factors include, without limitation: the Company’s dependence on one mineral project; precious metals price volatility; risks associated with the conduct of the Company’s mining activities in Mexico; regulatory, consent or permitting delays; risks relating to reliance on the Company’s management team and outside contractors; risks regarding mineral resources and reserves; the Company’s inability to obtain insurance to cover all risks, on a commercially reasonable basis or at all; currency fluctuations; risks regarding the failure to generate sufficient cash flow from operations; risks relating to project financing and equity issuances; risks and unknowns inherent in all mining projects, including the inaccuracy of reserves and resources, metallurgical recoveries and capital and operating costs of such projects; contests over title to properties, particularly title to undeveloped properties; laws and regulations governing the environment, health and safety; operating or technical difficulties in connection with mining or development activities; employee relations, labour unrest or unavailability; the Company’s interactions with surrounding communities and artisanal miners; the Company’s ability to successfully integrate acquired assets; the speculative nature of exploration and development, including the risks of diminishing quantities or grades of reserves; stock market volatility; conflicts of interest among certain directors and officers; lack of liquidity for shareholders of the Company; litigation risk; and the factors identified under the caption “Risk Factors” in Vizsla Silver’s management discussion and analysis. Readers are cautioned against attributing undue certainty to forward‐looking statements or forward-looking information. Although Vizsla Silver has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be other factors that cause results not to be anticipated, estimated or intended. Vizsla Silver does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward‐looking statements or forward-looking information to reflect changes in assumptions or changes in circumstances or any other events affecting such statements or information, other than as required by applicable law.
SOURCE Vizsla Silver Corp.
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