Skyharbour Announces Passing of Director and Co-Founder Richard Kusmirski

Vancouver, BC , Dec. 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: SYH)   (OTCQB: SYHBF) (Frankfurt: SC1P) (the “Company”) announces with deep sorrow that Co-Founder and Director, Richard (“Rick”) Kusmirski, P.Geo., M.Sc., recently passed away, at the age of 68 after a lengthy illness.

Skyharbour wishes to extend our sincere condolences to Rick’s family, friends, and business associates. Rick was an accomplished exploration geologist with more than four decades of experience throughout the world but primarily focused in North America, specifically the Athabasca Basin. He has been an active member of the Saskatchewan mineral exploration and mining community for many years and will be dearly missed. Rick was one of the founding supporters and head technical advisor for Skyharbour and has guided the development of the company to where it is today. He has assembled an energetic and accomplished geological team with expertise focused in Athabasca Basin uranium exploration and this team will continue to advance the Company’s project base as well as work with our partner companies who are operating some of our other uranium projects in the Basin.

Rick actively participated in the discovery of a number of uranium, gold and base metal deposits, and for several years, in his capacity as Exploration Manager, he directed Cameco Corporation's uranium exploration projects in the Athabasca Basin. In 1999, Rick joined JNR Resources becoming Vice President of Exploration in 2000. Subsequently, he directed the exploration program that led to the discovery of the Maverick Zone on the Moore Lake uranium project with then-partner Kennecott Canada. Rick later became JNR’s President and CEO in January of 2001, and continued leading the company until February of 2013, JNR was acquired by Denison Mines Corp. by way of a friendly all-share take-over bid. Rick also served as the industry Chair and Director of the Exploration Section of the Saskatchewan Mining Association for many years and was a director of Rockridge Resources Ltd., Bessor Minerals Inc. and several other publicly traded companies.

Jordan Trimble, President and CEO of Skyharbour, stated: "On behalf of our Board of Directors, management team and employees, we extend our deepest sympathies to Rick’s family and friends. We are all incredibly saddened by this sudden loss and Rick will be sorely missed. He was very well respected in the mining community and was integral in building Skyharbour’s asset base and geological team. I have known and worked with Rick for almost nine years, and I consider him a dear friend, colleague and mentor. Rick was a passionate, hard-working and very knowledgeable exploration geologist that was laser-focused on creating shareholder value. We have made great progress growing Skyharbour over the years and the team and I will continue to do so as we honour him and his unrelenting commitment to exploration success.”