Athena Gold Corporation announce the appointment of George Mannard to the technical advisory committee. George Mannard, P.Geo is a geologist with a stellar exploration record. George was credited with the Louvicourt base metal discovery in Val d'Or, Quebec as Senior Project Geologist for Aur Resources in 1989.

He co-founded what is now Wesdome Gold Mines in 1994 with Conrad Hache and Murray Pollitt where he helped develop the Eagle River, Edwards, Mishi and Kiena gold mines as Vice President Exploration. This work was highlighted by the discovery of the high-grade Eagle River No. 7 and 300 zones in 2014 and 2015, respectively, and the high-grade Kiena Deep discovery in 2016.

George has over 20 years Board and executive management experience; is financially literate; maintains Professional Geoscientist status; and is a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists. He graduated from Queen's University (BSc honours, 1982) and McGill University (MScA, 1984). A long-time resident of Val d'Or, Quebec, George now lives in Toronto.