Mr Pazuki is based in Toronto and has over 20 years of mining industry experience in senior leadership positions. He joins Matador as CEO / MD after nearly ten years with dual-listed OceanaGold Corporation (ASX: OGC; TSX: OGC) where he led the Investor Relations and Corporate Development functions most recently as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development. Prior to OceanaGold, Mr. Pazuki advised major mining companies, including BHP Billiton, as a management consultant within Ernst & Young’s Advisory Services practice in Toronto, and was part of a team that helped establish a Climate Change and Sustainability practice for the firm. Mr. Pazuki is a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and a Masters of Finance. Mr. Pazuki’s extensive global capital markets network and gold industry leadership expertise will assist Matador in leveraging its current and future success as it grows the business, successfully advances the Cape Ray Gold Project and expands the Company’s shareholder base in North America.