VANCOUVER, BC, March 16, 2022 /CNW/ - QuestEx Gold &
Copper Ltd. (TSXV: QEX) (OTCQX:
QEXGF) ("QuestEx" or the "Company") is
pleased to announce that Mr. Darren
Lefort has been appointed as the Company's Vice President of
Exploration, effective March 16,
2022. Mr. Le(fort will be leading the QuestEx exploration
team and will be coordinating efforts with Equity Exploration
Consultants Ltd. ("Equity Exploration") who has recently
been engaged by QuestEx to manage exploration work on the Company's
mineral property portfolio, including its 100% owned, 312 square
kilometre KSP project in British
Columbia's prolific Golden Triangle district. Equity
Exploration has been retained to provide a complete, as-needed,
exploration team with significant experience in permitting,
planning, geological targeting and program execution. The
appointment of Mr. Lefort comes in conjunction with the resignation
of Mr. David Fleming as Vice
President of Exploration, who has agreed to serve as a Technical
Consultant to the Company on a limited basis through the end of
June.
Joseph Mullin, QuestEx CEO
comments: "We want to welcome Darren
Lefort to the team, and we are excited to move forward with
this season's exploration plans at our KSP project. Darren will be
working closely with Equity Exploration and will be finalizing our
drill targets and pushing ahead with arranging the logistics for
our summer program. We also want to thank David Fleming for his numerous contributions to
the exploration success of QuestEx over the last two years and wish
him all the best with his future endeavours."
Mr. Lefort, a professional geoscientist (P. Geo) registered in
Nova Scotia, graduated in 2012
with an M.Sc. from St. Mary's
University. He worked as an exploration geologist in
Alberta, British Columbia and Yukon from 2012 to 2019, and as a Project
Geologist/Project Manager from 2019-2021. He has worked mostly
on porphyry gold-copper and metallurgical coal projects for
such companies as TDG Gold, Riverside Resources, Triumph Gold, and
UTM Exploration Services.
Founded in 1987, Equity Exploration has experience exploring
every region of British Columbia.
Their large team of fulltime geologists and support staff includes
experts in structural geology, 3D modelling, database compilation,
logistics, project management, permitting and resource estimation
and has all the experience and skills required to execute
efficient, stepwise and geologically-focused programs. To learn
more about Equity Exploration's project history, visit
https://www.equityexploration.com/projects.
About QuestEx
QuestEx Gold & Copper Ltd. is exploring for gold and copper
with a focus on the Golden Triangle and Toodoggone areas of
British Columbia, Canada. It has a
100% ownership interest in one of the largest portfolios of mineral
tenures in British Columbia's
metal-rich Golden Triangle. The portfolio includes the 312 square
km KSP property, which is surrounded by some of the most important
past and current mining and development projects in British Columbia (e.g. Eskay Creek, Snip, Brucejack, KSM, Johnny Mountain). In 2022, QuestEx intends to
release a National Instrument 43-101 Mineral Resource Estimate for
the Inel gold system, located on the KSP property. In the northern
corner of the Golden Triangle in the Red Chris mining district,
QuestEx's portfolio includes the Castle property, a porphyry
copper-gold project located adjacent to Newmont's Tatogga property,
and along trend of the Saddle North porphyry copper-gold deposit
(more than 10 million ounces gold, in all categories). Other
properties include North ROK, Coyote, and Kingpin in the Golden
Triangle, Sofia in the Toodoggone
district and Heart Peaks and Hit in other strategic districts
within British Columbia.
Forward Looking Statements
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information under applicable Canadian securities legislation that
may not be based on historical fact, including, without limitation,
statements containing the words "believe," "may," "plan," "will,"
"estimate," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "expect,"
"potential," and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors
which may cause the actual results, performance, or results of
QuestEx to be materially different from any future results,
performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are based on management's
current expectations and beliefs and assume, among other things,
the ability of the Company to successfully pursue its current
development plans, that future sources of funding will be available
to the Company, that relevant commodity prices will remain at
levels that are economically viable for the Company and that the
Company will receive relevant permits in a timely manner in order
to enable its operations, but given the uncertainties, assumptions
and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
such forward-looking statements or information. The Company
disclaims any obligation to update, or to publicly announce, any
such statements, events or developments except as required by
law.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF QUESTEX GOLD &
COPPER LTD.
"Joseph Mullin"
Joseph Mullin
Chief Executive Officer and Director
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SOURCE QuestEx Gold & Copper Ltd.