Mawson Gold Limited announced with great sadness and heavy heart the sudden and unexpected passing of long-time independent director Mr. Colin Maclean. Mr. Maclean served as an independent director of Mawson since February 2012 and as member of Mawson's Audit, Compensation, Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees. Mr. Maclean was a highly accomplished mining professional whose career spanned many decades.

He was a founding partner and former Deputy Chairman of The Sentient Group's Resources Funds (Sentient). For the decade prior to joining Mawson, he stewarded a number of Sentient's investments as a director of the investee companies under his direct responsibility. Prior to joining Sentient, he spent 14 years in funds management at the Private Capital division of the AMP Society, then Australia's foremost investing institution.

Prior to AMP, he spent 15 years as an exploration geologist, mainly with the Exxon Minerals group, exploring for uranium, gold and other ore deposit types in Australia, South Africa, the USA and Europe. His most senior field role was Exploration Manager for Exxon Minerals Germany, where his team was successful in delineating a uranium deposit.