Bunker Hill Announces Change in Management

TORONTO, April 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bunker Hill Mining Corp. (CSE-BNKR) (“Bunker Hill” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that Mr. Sam Ash has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company to replace in this position Mr. John Ryan. Mr. Ryan will continue to serve the Company as a member of the Board of Directors.
“On behalf of Bunker Hill Mining’s Board of Directors, I am very pleased to welcome Sam Ash as the new CEO,” said Richard Williams, Chairman Bunker Hill Mining. “He is an experienced, visionary and modernizing mining leader with extensive underground mining and commercial experience, and a diverse operational background. We are very excited by his commitment and transformational vision for the mine”.“I also wish to thank John Ryan for his tremendous service in his role as President and Chief Executive Officer during the transitional period and for his continued and valued support to Sam, myself and the whole Bunker Hill team”.Mr. Ash was a Partner from 2015 at Barrick Gold Corp. (“Barrick”) and held various roles over the nine years employed there. This includes three years as General Manager of the Lumwana Copper Mine in Zambia, Technical Support Manager to Barrick’s Copper Business Unit, General Support Manager on the Cortez Mine in Nevada and Chief Engineer leading the roll-out of new Underground Mining standards in the USA and Tanzania.Prior to his time at Barrick, Mr. Ash served as Manager of New Operations for Veris Gold Corp. (formerly, Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp.) primarily on the Jerritt Canyon Mine in Nevada, and also as an Underground Mine Supervisor with Drummond Company, Inc. He has recently completed his Masters’ Degree in Leadership and Strategy at the London Business School and has a BS in Mining Engineering from the University of Missouri Rolla.Mr. Ash whose father worked at Bunker Hill as a Mechanical Engineer in the 1970s, takes over in the middle of its on-going exploration and study program focused on verifying to NI-43-101 standards part of the UTZ, Quill and Newgard ore bodies. He said this of his appointment:“I am very excited to move to Idaho and into the historic Silver Valley, and honored to be appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Bunker Hill Mining Corporation to lead the on-going effort to return this extraordinary mine to profitable production in ways that create the most sustainable and significant returns for all of its stakeholders”.About Bunker Hill Mining Corp.Bunker Hill Mining Corp has the exclusive option to acquire 100% of the marketable assets of the Bunker Hill Mine. Information about the Company is available on its website, www.bunkerhillmining.com, or within the SEDAR and EDGAR databases.For additional information contact:Sam Ash, President and Chief Executive Officer
+1 313 290 8653
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