TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 07/29/15 -- HARTE GOLD CORP. ("Harte Gold") (TSX: HRT)(FRANKFURT: H4O)(OTC: HRTFF) is pleased to announce it held its well attended Annual General and Special Meeting today and received overwhelming shareholder approval for resolutions approving the issuance of Special Shares to be issued pursuant to the Heads of Agreement with Technica Group Inc. (see News Release June 1, 2015) and current Flow Through and Convertible Redeemable Special Share offerings.
Harte Gold wishes to extend its sincere thanks to Bernard Kraft for his efforts on behalf of Harte Gold over the past five years during which he served as a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Kraft has resigned from the Board of Directors effective as of today and will be missed by his colleagues at Harte Gold.
Harte Gold is also pleased to announce the following additions to its Board of Directors;
Douglas Scharf, is a Chartered Professional Accountant with over 35 years' experience in international precious metal and base metal mining. As Chief Financial Officer of the Dome Mines Group of Companies, he was instrumental in the formation of Placer Dome Inc. and also served as a Director and Chief Financial Officer of Inmet Mining Corporation. Mr. Scharf has been involved in a number of acquisitions, mergers, financings and development projects and has served as a director and consultant to a number of other mining companies.
Dr. Richard Sutcliffe, is a Professional Geoscientist with 30 years' experience in mineral exploration and development. He has managed exploration projects in North America and internationally that have resulted in numerous resource and reserve estimates in both precious and base metals. He has had key management roles in developing several gold, platinum group metals, and copper-nickel mining projects. Dr. Sutcliffe was formerly President and CEO of TSX listed Ursa Major Minerals Inc. and TSXV listed Auriga Gold Corp. and is currently an associate of P&E Mining Consultants Inc.; a mining industry consultancy.
At the Annual General and Special Meeting held today, shareholders elected Richard Faucher, George A. Flach, Derek C. Rance, Stephen G. Roman, Douglas Scharf and Richard H. Sutcliffe. The table below sets out the voting results.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Director Votes For Votes Withheld Outcome ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Faucher 103,130,643 (97.55%) 2,592,531 (2.45%) Carried ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- George A. Flach 103,553,543 (97.95%) 2,169,631 (2.05%) Carried ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derek C. Rance 102,488,143 (96.94%) 3,235,031 (3.06%) Carried ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen G. Roman 102,151,410 (99.99%) 3,571,764 (3.38%) Carried ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas Scharf 103,155,643 (97.57%) 2,567,531 (2.43%) Carried ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard H. Sutcliffe 102,738,977 (97.57%) 2,984,197 (2.82%) Carried ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bulk Sample Update
Roadwork has been completed to the Portal and Lay-Down areas. Collaring of the portal and related surface works are on schedule to begin in August 2015.
About Harte Gold Corp.
Harte Gold Corp. is focused on the exploration and development of its 100% owned Sugar Zone property and is currently permitting an advanced exploration program for the Sugar Zone Deposit. The Sugar Zone property is located 60 kilometers east of the Hemlo Gold Camp and as per the Preliminary Economic Assessment dated July 12, 2012 contains an Indicated Resource of 980,900 tonnes, grading 10.13 g/t for 319,280 ounces of contained gold (uncapped) and an Inferred Resource of 580,500 tonnes, grading 8.36 g/t Au for 155,960 ounces of contained gold (uncapped). The mineral resource was prepared in compliance with NI 43-101. George A. Flach P. Geo, Vice President Exploration is the Qualified Person for Harte Gold. Harte Gold also holds the Stoughton-Abitibi property located on the Destor-Porcupine Fault Zone which is directly adjacent to and on strike of St. Andrew Goldfield's Holloway Gold Mine and its high grade "Smoke Deep Discovery" in the Timmins, Ontario Porcupine gold camp.
Common Shares Outstanding: 257,240,532
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Contacts:
Harte Gold Corp.
Stephen G. Roman
President and CEO
416-368-0999
sgr@hartegold.com
Harte Gold Corp.
David Ellis
Investor Relations Consultant
416-704-0937
davidellis@hartegold.com
