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Outcrop Gold Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

November 25, 2019

November 25th, 2019 – Vancouver, BC – Outcrop Gold Corp. (TSXV: OCG) (“Outcrop” or the “Company”) is pleased to introduce Alex Tong as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO):

Alex is currently on board the Company as a consultant and will transition to CFO after a short transition period and while current CFO Rakesh Patel finishes the end of fiscal-year financials and audit.

Mr. Tong in a very short time as a Consultant has produced a comprehensive operating budget that is well integrated with the objectives to be accomplished with the proceeds of the current private placement being conducted by the Company.

Alex has quickly got up to speed with the forecast cash flow plan for the next fiscal year and has helped implement robust fiscal and financial controls and will provide tight budget-reconciliations for review by management and the Board of Directors.

CEO and President Joseph Hebert remarks that: “Alex brings impressive experience and background into Outcrop Gold and is quickly integrating himself with the entire Company team.  The Company is fortunate to have attracted a CFO of this caliber. He will ensure the Outcrop Gold conducts its Exploration as a well-run business.”

Outcrop Gold would like to thank Rakesh Patel for his role as CFO with the Company as he moves on to pursue other business opportunities.  Mr. Patel will continue as CFO while overseeing the completion of the end of the fiscal-year financial statements and assist Mr. Tong during a short transition period.

 

Background

Mr. Tong is a highly qualified finance professional with extensive senior management experience in the mining industry, most recently as Director of Finance at Lucara Diamond Corp.  Prior to Lucara, Mr Tong held senior finance roles at development resource public companies Energy Metals and NovaGold, where Mr Tong was responsible for achieving operational performance, leading mergers and acquisitions and involved with various financing initiatives.

Alex is currently co-founder of Calibre Capital Corp., a full-service merchant bank providing financial services, leading stock exchange listings and managing all aspects of businesses for its clients to achieve commercial success.

Mr Tong is a Chartered Professional Accountant and articled with Delotte LLP where he managed a portfolio of clients in both Canadian and U.S. publicly listed companies, primarily in the brokerage and mining industry.

 

About Outcrop Gold

Outcrop is a gold prospect generator active in Colombia acquiring gold exploration projects with world-class discovery potential.  Outcrop performs its own grass roots exploration and then employs a joint venture business model on its projects to maximize investor exposure to discovery and minimize financial risk.  Outcrop has Newmont Goldcorp as a funding partner on its Lyra project in Antioquia directly south of Buritica.

 

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Joseph P Hebert, Chief Executive Officer

Tel:  +1-775-340-0450

Email: 

www.outcropgoldcorp.com

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