Midnight Sun Mining Corp. announced the appointment of Mr. Darin Wagner to the company's advisory board. Mr. Wagner is a Professional Geologist with extensive experience building and leading exploration stage companies, as well as guiding mineral exploration programs globally.

He has been directly involved in a number of M&A transactions and helped to raise several hundred million dollars for mineral exploration since 1999. In 1999 Mr. Wagner became Vice President, Exploration for New Millennium Metals Corp. which was successfully merged with Platinum Group Metals Ltd. in 2002.

Mr. Wagner served as Exploration Manager for Platinum Group Metals through the acquisition, discovery, and initial delineation of the multi-million-ounce Maseve PGE mine in South Africa. Mr. Wagner became President of Sydney Resource Corp. in 2005 and helped steer the successful merger with Band Ore Resources to form West Timmins Mining Inc. in 2006.

He then served as President, CEO, Director, and Qualified Person for West Timmins Mining through the discovery of the high-grade Thunder Creek and 144 gold deposits - which form part of the Timmins West Mine Complex in Timmins, Ontario. He oversaw the acquisition of West Timmins by Lake Shore Gold in an all-share deal valued at $424 million which was completed in 2009. He then founded Canadian explorer Balmoral Resources Ltd. and served as its President and CEO through a series of gold and base metal discoveries culminating in its 2020 acquisition by Wallbridge Mining Company Ltd. in an all-share deal valued on closing at $160 million.

Mr. Wagner was also a co-founder of Falco Resources, a founding director of NewCastle Gold and served as an advisor to the management of Nova Royalty Corp. up to its recent acquisition by Metalla Royalty and Streaming. He currently acts as a technical advisor to MAG Silver and Dryden Gold.