American Tungsten Corp. Announces Addition to Board of Directors
American Tungsten Corp. Announces Addition to Board of
Directors
Vancouver, BC, May 8, 2025 – American Tungsten Corp. (CSE:TUNG) (OTCQB:DEMRF)
(FSE:RK9) (“American Tungsten ” or the “ Company”) announces today the appointment of
James (Jim) Whittaker to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board”) and, the
resignation of Adam Virani from the Board. Th e Board extends its sincere appreciation to Mr.
Virani for his valuable contributions and lending his technical expertise during his tenure with the
Company and wishes him well in his future endeavours.
Mr. Whittaker is a highly experienced mining ex ecutive with over 35 years of global leadership
across operations, strategic development, and or ganizational transforma tion in the mining and
metals industry. A metallurgical engineer, Mr. Wh ittaker has held senior operational and project
development roles throughout the Americas. He currently serv es as Chief Oper ating Officer for
Capstone Copper, responsible for operations in Chile, U.S. and Mexico.
Prior to this, Mr. Whittaker was President of Escondida for BHP, overs eeing the world’s largest
copper operation, and previously has held seni or regional leadership roles at OceanaGold and
Barrick across the U.S., Argentina, and Peru. Mr. Whittaker holds a bachelor’s degree in Extractive
Metallurgy from Dalhousie University in Canada, and an Executive MBA from Queen’s Business
School in Canada.
“We are incredibly excited to welcome Jim to the Board. The addition of Jim’s technical and
operational expertise deepens our team’s depth of capabilities and I look forward to working
closely with him as we continue to advance our Idaho-based tungsten project, the IMA Mine,” said
Ali Haji, CEO of American Tungsten.
ABOUT AMERICAN TUNGSTEN CORP.
American Tungsten Corp. (previously Demesne Re sources Inc.) is a Ca nadian-based company
involved in the acquisition and e xploration of magnetite mineral properties. The Company's Star
Project consists of five contiguous mineral t itles covering an area of approximately 4,615.75
hectares located in the Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada. The Company has
entered into an option agreement pursuant to which it is entitled to earn an undivided 100% interest
in the Star Project. American Tungsten has also entered into an option agreement, pursuant to
which it can acquire a 100% interest (subject to a 2% royalty) in and to the IMA Mine Project, a
past producing underground tungsten mine situated on 22 patented claims located in East Central,
Idaho, United States. In addition, the Company has acquired surrounding mining rights at its IMA
Mine Project through the staking of 113 WMO federal lode mini ng claims covering an area of
1,988.6 acres (804.75ha).
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ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Ali Haji
Chief Executive Officer
1055 West Georgia Street, Suite 1500
Vancouver, BC V6E 0B6
Canada
For further information, please contact:
Ali Haji, Chief Executive Officer
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (647) 871-4571
CSE:TUNG
OTCQB:DEMRF
FSE:RK9
The Canadian Securities Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of
this release and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.
This news release includes certain statem ents that may be deemed “forward-looking
statements”. All statements in this news release, other than statements of historical facts, that
address events or developments that the Com pany expects to occur, are forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking stat ements are statements that ar e not historical facts and are
generally, but not always, identified by the words “believes”, “expects”, “plans”, “anticipates”,
“intends”, “estimates”, “projects”, “potential” an d similar expressions, or that events or
conditions “will”, “would”, “may”, “could” or “should” occur. Although the Company believes
the expectations expressed in such forward- looking statements are based on reasonable
assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may
differ materially from those in the forward-look ing statements. Forward looking statements in
this news release include statements respectin g: (i) the IMA Mine Project and the mineral
prospects thereon, (ii) the Company's perfor mance of its obligations under the Option
Agreement, and the exercise of the option thereunder, and (iii) the Company's planned activities
on the IMA Mine Project. Factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from
those in forward-looking statements include the receipt of regulatory approvals, market prices,
continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business
conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future
performance and actual results or developments ma y differ materially from those projected in
the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates
and opinions of the Company’s management on the date the statements are made. Except as
required by applicable securiti es laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these
forward-looking statements in the event that management's beli efs, estimates or opinions, or
other factors, should change.