Keon Capital Inc. announced that Luke Montaine has been appointed as Corporate Secretary and John McCleery has been appointed President of the Company. Mr. McCleery is a mining entrepreneur with over 40 years experience in resource exploration, development and financing of projects globally. Most recently Mr. McCleery co-founded Creston Moly and served as Director and Head of Corporate Development where he spearheaded over $40 million in equity financing to acquire and advance the El Creston project in Mexico.

Under his co-leadership, the El Creston project advanced to become Mexico's largest molybdenum deposit, advancing through to pre-feasibility in under two years, and was subsequently acquired by Mercator Minerals for $195 million. Mr. McCleery has established a reputation as the catalyst behind various successful start-up and early-stage resource companies bringing new sources of projects and capital. Mr. Montaine has been involved in the capital markets for over 18 years in various capacities, including the roles of investment advisor, corporate development, corporate finance, and has organized fund raising for many venture capital and private equity companies, raising over $50 million.

After studying economics at the University of British Columbia, Mr. Montaine began his career as an investment advisor at Global Securities Corporation, a boutique securities and futures brokerage firm in Vancouver, British Columbia, prior to it being acquired by PI Financial Corp. Mr. Montaine has extensive experience in structuring, financing and sourcing assets for various public and private companies. Mr. Montaine currently serves as CEO and director of Ord Mountain Resources Corp.

which is in the process of doing a transaction with a local airline – BluSky Aviation/Cascadia Airlines. In addition, Mr. Montaine is the CEO of Elephant Capital Corp. a uranium company with operations in New Mexico which has announced an RTO with Evolving Gold (EVG: CSE), and recently closed $5 million subscription receipts financing to complete the transaction.

Mr. Montaine also serves as the CEO of Roadman Investments Corp. a publicly traded investment issuer.