Ascot Resources Ltd. announced the appointment of Mr. Rick Zimmer to the role of non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ascot, effective October 7, 2017. Mr. Zimmer was recently appointed to the Board and brings a wealth of experience from his 40-plus years of mining operating and project experience. In addition to Mr. Zimmer's technical experience, he has served on a number of boards and board committees as an independent director. Ascot also announced the appointment of Mr. John Kiernan to the role of Chief Operating Officer, effective October 7, 2017. Mr. Kiernan is a professional mining engineer with over 30 years of operational development experience, including a cumulative four years as an underground miner and operating foreman. Previously, Mr. Kiernan served as the VP Project Development for Magellan Minerals, the Manager Project Evaluation for QuadraFNX Mining, as a Mining Analyst for PI Financial Corp. and VP Mining/Mine Manager for Roca Mines Inc. In the period from 1987 to 2006, Mr. Kiernan held various.