G Mining Ventures Names Jason Neal Chairman as Gignac Sr. Retires

G Mining Ventures Corp. (TSX: GMIN, OTCQX: GMINF) held its annual general and special meeting Thursday, and the results were straightforward. Shareholders voted to re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor, elected the full slate of directors, approved the omnibus equity incentive plan, and passed the advisory vote on executive compensation.

The bigger news came after the meeting closed. Jason Neal, who has served as lead director since the company's founding in 2020, was appointed chairman of the board. He replaces Louis Gignac Sr., who did not stand for re-election and has retired after leading GMIN from its earliest days.

Neal brings roughly 30 years in mining to the role. He is managing director and CEO of Deterra Royalties Limited, Australia's only major publicly listed royalty company, where he took on the interim CEO role in late 2025. Before that, he held senior executive roles at Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. and TMAC Resources Inc. – both later acquired by Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. – and spent two decades at BMO Capital Markets co-leading the global metals and mining group.

"Louis Sr.'s leadership and the culture he established have been central to our success, from the seed financing of this Corporation through to the construction of our Tocantinzinho mine and the advancement of Oko West," Neal said in the release.

The transition comes at a specific moment for GMIN. The company is anchored by the Tocantinzinho mine in Brazil, which is in production, and is advancing the Oko West project in Guyana toward a 2028 commercial production target. Both sit in jurisdictions the company describes as mining-friendly, and both carry exploration upside the company plans to pursue.

Louis-Pierre Gignac, president and CEO, framed the appointment as continuity. "Jason has been deeply involved in our growth since day one as Lead Director, and the Board's decision to appoint him Chairman reflects the experience, judgment and continuity he brings to this next stage of our development," he said.

The forward-looking statements in the release carry the usual caveats. GMIN cautioned that Tocantinzinho may not maintain expected production, recoveries, or costs, that Oko West may not stay on schedule or within budget, and that the jurisdictions may not remain as mining-friendly as they appear today. The company disclaimed any obligation to update those projections.

For now, the board has its new chairman, the auditors are in place, and the incentive plan is approved. The next concrete milestone is Oko West's construction timeline, which the company still targets for 2028 commercial production.