Passing of our Chief Geologist - Gary Artmont
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Passing of Chief Geologist – Gary Artmont
Vancouver, British Columbia , September 6, 2022 , Northern Lights Resources Corp.
(“Northern Lights”, “NLR” or the “Company”) (CSE:NLR, OTC: NLRCF) announces today, with
great sadness, the sudden passing of Northern Lights Chief Geologist - Gary Artmont.
Gary was a world-renowned exploration geologist with over 40 years of experience in projects
across 6 continents. He graduated with an Honours BSc d egree in Geology from University of
Waterloo in 1975 and began his career with Union Carbide searching for tungsten, uranium
and industrial metals throughout Western and Northern Canada, USA and Brazil.
Subsequently, Gary worked with Rio Tinto where he was instrumental in defining Vulcan Sedex
style base metal mineralisation in the Selywn Basin of the Yukon.
During the 1980’s Gary turned his focus to Australia and South East Asia where for Kennecott
he developed reconnaissance programs for tungsten and go ld mineralisation in Western
Australia and New Zealand as well as completing the early-stage exploration of the Lihir Island
gold deposit.
He had extensive experience in Indonesia where he acted as the on -site manager for the Mt
Muro gold project in Central Kalimantan defining over 1.3 million ounces of gold as well as the
discovery of other gold and diamond deposits in South Kalimantan. From 1989 to 1995, Gary
was Chief Geologist for PT Freeport Indonesia where he managed over 120,000 metres of
diamond drilling which led to the discovery of the 8 -million-ounce Wabu Gold deposit as well
as the first detailed geochemical survey and mapping over the Erstberg Mine area that
culminated in the discovery of the Grasberg deposit, one of the largest gold deposits i n the
world. During this period, Gary also managed Freeport’s exploration activities in Mexico.
In addition to the above, Gary had extensive experience working in project generation in China,
Mongolia, Russia, Eastern Europe and South America.
During his overall career, Gary worked in over 15 countries and conducted site visits to over
150 operating mines at locations throughout the world.
Northern Lights CEO, Jason Bahnsen commented: “Today we have lost a great geologist ,
dear friend and a key advisor for Northern Lights and the industry as a whole. During his
tenure with Northern Lights, Gary led the exploration of NLR’s Medicine Springs project
in Nevada leading to the establishment of the joint venture with Reyna Silver as well as
the acquisition and ex ploration of the Secret Pass gold project in Arizona. His sage
advice and positive attitude will be sorely missed. We pass our deepest condolences to
his family during this difficult time.”
For further information on Northern Lights Resources please contact:
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Albert Timcke, Executive Chairman and President
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +1 604 608 6163
Jason Bahnsen, Chief Executive Officer
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +1 604 608 6163
Shawn Balaghi, Investor Relations
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +1 604 773 0242
About Northern Lights Resources Corp.
Northern Lights Resources Corp is a growth -oriented exploration and development company that is
advancing two projects: The 100% owned, Secret Pass Gold Project located in Arizona ; and the
Medicine Springs silver -zinc-lead Project located in Elko County Nevada where Northern Lights is
earning 100% in joint venture with Reyna Silver Corp.
Northern Lights Resources trades under the ticker of “NLR” on the CSE. This and other Northern Lights
Resources news releases can be viewed at www.sedar.com and www.northernlightsresources.com.