Honey Badger Silver Appoints Topping to Board, Jalonen and Kibsey as Advisors and Grants Stock Options

WHITE ROCK, BC / ACCESSWIRE / April 24, 2024 / Honey Badger Silver Inc. (TSXV:TUF) ("Honey Badger" or the "Company") is pleased to appoint George Topping as a Director effective today. The Company has also appointed Stephen Kibsey and Michael Jalonen as Advisors to the Company.

The Company's CEO, Dorian L. (Dusty) Nicol commented, "We welcome George Topping to our Board. His extensive experience in operations and capital markets will add great value to the Company as we implement our strategy to become a leading silver company. We also welcome Stephen Kibsey and Michael Jalonen as advisors. Each brings expertise that will help us implement our strategy to become the leading investment vehicle as we expect silver prices to march toward all-time highs."

George Topping is an experienced mining professional with over 30 years of practical and analytical experience in a wide range of commodities and listed mining equities. He worked for 12 years in the South African industry, gaining underground production management experience prior to commencing a 25-year capital markets career covering Canadian listed mining equities. He is a well-regarded mining analyst and was most recently at iA Capital Markets and before that, as CEO of Wolfden Resources, a publicly traded junior mining company. Mr. Topping holds a BSc Mining Engineering.

Stephen Kibsey has over thirty years of experience as an investment professional and currently does ESG coaching and mentoring for various organizations. He worked for 21 years at one of Canada's largest investment institutions (CDPQ) as analyst, portfolio manager, business unit risk manager, and more recently as a vice-president in the Investment Stewardship group. He also held the position of vice-president of Canadian equities during his ten years at one of Canada's largest corporate pension funds (BIMCOR). Stephen has for many years been at the forefront of responsible investment through his involvement with the creation of the Sustainable Investment Professional Certificate and the Sustainability Ecosystem at Concordia University. He lectured at the Goodman Institute on risk management in investment portfolio construction and Sustainability Finance and Accounting at McGill University and Queen's University. Stephen was a member of the Mining Association of Canada-Community of Interest Panel which gave feedback on the Toward Sustainable Mining protocols for 9 years and was one of the founding members of the Finance and Sustainability Initiative in Montreal. He sat on the Investment Committee and Risk Sub-committee of the McConnell Foundation in Montreal for 6 years. Stephen holds a Bachelor of Science in Physiology, a Bachelor of Engineering in Mining, a MBA, a SIPC, and was a CFA from 1991 to 2019. He has been recognized as a Brendan-Wood Top Gun portfolio manager from 2008-2010.