Richard (Rick) Trotman will be joining Barksdale Capital Corp. as President and Chief Executive Officer commencing December 13, 2017. Rick is a professional geologist with a broad range of experience within the mining industry, having worked in both buy-side and sell-side positions as well as technically focused responsibilities with major mining companies.

Rick is joining company from Resource Capital Funds where he was involved in executing a broad range of investments spanning the precious, base and minor metal spaces and was also responsible for establishing and managing the firm's portfolio of exploration investments. The company also announced that Dr. Peter Megaw, C.P.G., has joined the company as Senior Technical Advisor. Peter is a Co-founder and Chief Exploration Officer of Mag Silver Corp.

with more than 30 years of relevant experience focused on silver and gold exploration in Mexico. Richard Silas will be stepping down as President and Chief Executive Officer, but will remain as a Director and Corporate Secretary of the company.