NEWS RELEASE
DETOUR GOLD
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TORONTO - Detour Gold Corporation (TSX: DGC) ("Detour Gold" or the "Company") announces that the Board of Directors has established board committees that include the new independent board members who were elected at the special meeting held on Dec. 13, 2018. Mr. James Gowans was appointed chairman of the board prior to the special meeting.
The composition of the board committees is as follows:
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Directors |
Audit |
Corporate |
Corporate |
Human |
Technical |
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James Gowans (Chair) |
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Alan Edwards |
Member |
Member |
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Andre Falzon |
Chair |
Member |
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Steven Feldman |
Member |
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Judy Kirk |
Member |
Chair |
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Chris Robison |
Member |
Chair |
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Ron Simkus |
Member |
Member |
Member |
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Dawn Whittaker |
Member |
Chair |
Member |
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Bill Williams |
Chair |
Member |
On Dec. 13, 2018, the board accepted the six-week notice given by Michael Kenyon of his resignation as Interim chief executive officer.
The Human Resources and Compensation Committee is proceeding immediately with an international search for a new chief executive officer.
About Detour Gold
Detour Gold is an intermediate gold producer in Canada that holds a 100 per cent interest in the Detour Lake mine, a long life large-scale open pit operation. Detour Gold's shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol DGC.
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