Ascot Resources Ltd. announced the appointment of David Stewart as VP–Corporate Development & Shareholder Communications effective immediately. Mr. Stewart has a decade of mining sector experience including both domestic and overseas mine development, operations and engineering, and five years of sell-side precious metals equity research. He was most recently VP & Analyst, Mining and Metals at Desjardins Securities, and including prior tenure at GMP Securities he has cumulatively covered 23 companies ranging from small-cap explorers to large-cap gold producers.