- Daniel Vickerman is joining Blackrock as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development
- Mr. Vickerman has 25 years of experience in the financial industry
- Mr. Vickerman holds a Bachelor of Arts, Economics from the University of Western Ontario
- Daniel currently serves as an independent director with Discovery Metals Corp.
- Blackrock also announced the grant of stock options to directors, officers, and consultants of the company
- Blackrock is a junior gold-focused exploration company focused on its Nevada portfolio of properties
- Blackrock Gold Corp. (BRC) is down 7.78 per cent, trading at C$0.83 per share at 4 pm EST
Blackrock Gold Corp. (BRC) is pleased to announce that Daniel Vickerman is joining the company as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development.
Mr. Vickerman has served as an independent director of Blackrock since August 2020. Mr. Vickerman will step down from the Board at the company’s next annual general meeting.
Mr. Vickerman is an institutional sales and corporate finance professional with 25 years of experience in the financial industry and formerly, Managing Director, Head of UK of Beacon Securities UK and former Managing Director, Head of UK for Edgecrest Capital.
Prior to joining Edgecrest Capital UK, Mr. Vickerman was Managing Director, Co-Head of Canadian Equity Sales UK at Canaccord Genuity Corp.
Mr. Vickerman previously worked at Thomas Weisel Partners Group Inc. where he served as Senior Vice President. Daniel spent over 4 years as a London-based alternative asset manager with over $400 million AUM, trading commodities and FX.
Mr. Vickerman has extensive experience working with mineral exploration and development companies, having raised over $1billion in the past for private and listed companies.
Mr. Vickerman holds a Bachelor of Arts, Economics from the University of Western Ontario and currently serves as an Independent Director of Discovery Metals Corp.
Andrew Pollard, President & CEO, commented, “Since joining our board in August of last year, Dan has been instrumental in forging key relationships for the Company and opening many new doors. His background in investment banking coupled with the key relationships he brings to the table within the institutional investor-sphere and the mining industry at large are a perfect complement to our executive team as we ready for significant growth.”
The company also announced the grant of stock options to purchase an aggregate of 2,510,000 common shares at an exercise price of C$0.91 per share for a five-year term expiring February 25, 2026. The stock options were granted to directors, officers, and consultants of the company.
Blackrock is a junior gold-focused exploration company focused on its Nevada portfolio of properties consisting of low-sulfidation epithermal gold & silver projects located along the established Northern Nevada Rift in north-central Nevada, and the Walker Lane trend in western Nevada.
