Excellon Resources Inc. (‘Excellon' or the ‘Company') announced the appointment of Shawn Howarth to the role of Chief Executive Officer, effective July 28, 2022. Mr. Howarth has over 22 years' experience in the mining industry spanning project evaluation, corporate finance, stakeholder relations and corporate strategy. Most recently, he was Vice President, Corporate Development of Harte Gold Corp., where he was instrumental in development of the Sugar Zone mine and ultimate restructuring and sale of the company. Previously, Mr. Howarth worked in investment banking and mining advisory on the global mining and metals teams with Standard Chartered Bank and Gryphon Partners Canada.

He holds a Master of Business Administration from the Ivey School of Business and a Bachelor of Applied Science from Queen's University.