Savant Explorations Ltd. announced that David Douglas and Thomas Herdman have agreed to step down as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively, effective immediately. Patrick McGrath, who was appointed to the Board of the Company on April 12, 2017, was named Chief Executive Officer and Varun Prasad was appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. McGrath has fifteen years' experience as a senior executive of junior resource companies. McGrath has led corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, capital raises and joint ventures. Prasad has held senior roles with development stage mining companies listed on the TSX and NYSE Market.

The Company also announced the appointment of Douglas Urch and Jack McClintock to the Board replacing directors David Douglas and Lutz Klingmann. Klingmann is stepping down from the board due to health reasons. Urch has been the Executive Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Bankers Petroleum Ltd. Prior to Bankers Urch was the Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Rally Energy Corp. McClintock is a Professional Engineer and is the Chief Executive Officer of Northisle Copper and Gold Inc. McClintock was a former Exploration Manager with BHP Billiton.