{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"6307","rtpr_id":"nNFC80H4Z6","ticker":"ICG","exchange":"","all_tickers":["ICG"],"title":"ICG Silver & Gold Appoints Senior Technical Advisor and Announces Formation of Technical Advisory Committee","author":"Newsfile Corp","published_at":"2026-04-23T11:00:17.677Z","article_body":"* ICG welcomes three additions to the technical team\n* Over 125 years of combined experience in gold discovery, resource\ndevelopment, and project evaluation across the Western United States\n* All three have direct involvement in major discoveries, multiple producing\nmines and world-class deposits\nToronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 23, 2026) - ICG Silver & Gold\nLtd. (CSE: ICG) (FSE: JI0) (\"ICG\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce\nthe appointment of Eric Saderholm as Senior Technical Advisor to the Company,\nand the formation of a Technical Advisory Committee (\"TAC\") to support ongoing\nexploration and development activities at the Company's Tuscarora District.\n\nIn addition to Mr. Saderholm, the Company is pleased to welcome Borden Putnam\nand Charles Sulfrian as inaugural members of the TAC. The committee will work\nclosely with Korbon McCall, Vice President of Exploration while reporting to\nSteven Sirbovan, President, CEO and Director, and will be chaired by Gary\nBaschuk, Independent Director of the Company.\n\nGary Baschuk, Independent Director of ICG, said: \"The depth and quality of\nthis technical team is exceptional. Each individual brings decades of relevant\nexperience, from major discoveries to project evaluation and development. This\nlevel of expertise enhances our ability to make informed decisions and\nunderscores our commitment to building long-term value for shareholders\nthrough technical excellence and prudent stewardship.\"\n\nTechnical Advisory Committee\n\nThe TAC has been established to provide strategic geological and technical\nguidance to the Company as it advances exploration at the Tuscarora District.\nThe committee will serve as a collaborative forum of experienced industry\nprofessionals offering independent insights on exploration strategy,\ntargeting, data interpretation, and broader technical initiatives.\n\nThe formation of the TAC reflects ICG's commitment to leveraging deep\ntechnical expertise enhancing decision-making, reducing exploration risk, and\nmaximizing the potential of the Tuscarora District. Members of the TAC will\nengage with the Company on a regular basis, contributing to key technical\nprograms and supporting the advancement of high-priority targets.\n\nSenior Technical Advisor Appointment\n\nEric Saderholm joins ICG as Senior Technical Advisor and will play a key role\nin supporting the Company's exploration strategy. In this capacity, Mr.\nSaderholm will provide ongoing technical input to the exploration team and\ncontribute to the evaluation and prioritization of exploration opportunities\nacross the Tuscarora District.\n\nBiographies\n\nEric Saderholm\nMr. Saderholm is a senior professional geologist with over 40 years of\nexperience in mineral exploration, project development, and mining operations\nacross North and South America. He is the co-founder and Managing Director of\nExploration at American Pacific Mining Corp., where he has been instrumental\nin advancing multiple projects in the Western United States.\n\nMr. Saderholm previously spent more than a decade with Newmont Mining\nCorporation, where he held senior technical roles including Carlin Trend\nExploration Manager and Regional Geologist, as well as Chief Geologist at the\nPhoenix Mine, Lone Tree Complex, and Mule Canyon Mine. In these roles, he led\nexploration programs, resource development, and mine-site geology within some\nof the world's most prolific gold districts.\n\nOver his career, Mr. Saderholm has contributed to numerous world-class\ndeposits and operations including Bingham Canyon, Carlin, Midas, Gold Quarry,\nTwin Creeks, and Yanacocha, and has been part of teams responsible for adding\nmillions of ounces of gold to reserve bases.\n\nHe has also held executive roles in the junior mining sector, including Vice\nPresident of Project Development at U.S. Gold Corp. and President of Western\nPacific Resources.\n\nBorden Putnam\nMr. Putnam is a professional geologist with over 50 years of experience\nspanning mineral exploration, project development, and natural resource\nfinance. He brings a unique combination of technical expertise and financial\nanalysis developed through a career that bridges operational geology and\ninvestment evaluation.\n\nFor the past 17 years, Mr. Putnam has operated as an independent mining\nconsultant providing technical due diligence in support of mining project\nfinance, primarily on the private debt side. His work includes geological\nassessments, risk evaluation, and economic analysis of development and\nproducing assets.\n\nPreviously, Mr. Putnam spent 12 years as a Partner and Principal Resources\nAnalyst within hedge funds where he conducted asset-level due diligence and\nperformed discounted cash flow (DCF) and net present value (NPV) modelling\nacross mining and oil and gas investments.\n\nEarlier in his career, he served as Vice President and Chief Geologist at MRDI\nand held senior roles with Newmont Mining Corporation and AMAX Exploration.\nNotably, while at Newmont, he led the discovery of the Pinon (South Bullion)\ngold deposit along the southern Carlin Trend.\n\nMr. Putnam is a Registered Professional Geologist and a Senior Fellow of the\nSociety of Economic Geologists.\n\nCharles Sulfrian\nMr. Sulfrian is an exploration geologist and mining executive with more than\n35 years of experience in the discovery, evaluation, and development of\nprecious and base metal deposits across North America. He is a Certified\nProfessional Geologist (AIPG) and a Qualified Person as defined under NI\n43-101.\n\nMr. Sulfrian is the President of ZyMin Corporation, a geological consulting\nfirm he has led for over 20 years, providing exploration management, project\nevaluation, and property acquisition services across the western United\nStates.\n\nHe has held senior roles with several mining companies, including Vice\nPresident of Exploration at Terraco Gold Corp., where he led project\nevaluation and acquisition efforts and contributed to strategic transactions,\nincluding royalty and streaming deals totaling approximately US$1 billion. He\nalso served as Exploration Manager for Riley Gold Corp., overseeing\nexploration programs in Nevada.\n\nEarlier in his career, as a regional geologist with Westen States Minerals, he\nconducted exploration programs supporting mine development in Nevada, Utah,\nand Arizona.\n\nMr. Sulfrian also made significant contributions to the discovery and\ndevelopment of the Post-Betze gold deposits as Chief Geologist at the\nGoldstrike Mine, Nevada, then operated by Western States Minerals.\nAdditionally, his work as Chief Chemist and Recovery Supervisor for the\nGoldstrike mine provided operational experience in geochemistry, metallurgical\ntest-work, heap leach technology, and gold recovery.\n\nHe has held senior positions with Barrick Gold, including District Geologist\nfor Barrick Resources Corp, evaluating exploration and acquisition\nopportunities throughout the Western US and General Supervisor of Drilling and\nSenior Geologist at Barrick Goldstrike Mines, where he managed large-scale\ndrilling programs and exploration budgets.\n\nCorporate Update\n\nThe Company also announces that it has granted an aggregate of 150,000 stock\noptions (the \"Options\") in relation to the above appointments. The Options are\nexercisable at a price of $0.50 per common share for a period of 5 years from\nthe date of grant. The Options will vest as to one-third (1/3) at six (6)\nmonths from the date of grant, one-third (1/3) at nine (9) months from the\ndate of grant, and the remaining one-third (1/3) at twelve (12) months from\nthe date of grant, in accordance with the Company's stock option plan and the\npolicies of the Canadian Securities Exchange (the \"CSE\").\n\nAll securities issued pursuant to the Options are subject to applicable hold\nperiods in accordance with Canadian securities laws and the policies of the\nCSE.\n\nAbout ICG Silver & Gold Ltd.\n\nICG Silver & Gold Ltd. is a new mineral exploration and development company\nadvancing the Tuscarora District in northern Nevada. The Company's strategy is\ncentered on:\n* Advancing the Tuscarora District through systematic exploration and\ntechnical studies;\n* Building a district-scale geological model; and\n* Progressing the project toward resource definition and future development.\nThe Tuscarora District is a silver-gold epithermal system located on the\nCarlin Trend, approximately one hour northwest of Elko, Nevada. ICG controls\n100% of the approximately 10,000-acre land package, which has extensive rock\nchip sampling, thousands of meters of reverse circulation and core drilling,\nand tens of kilometers of CSAMT geophysics completed on the property. ICG\nfundamentally believes in the long-term value of precious metals exploration,\nespecially silver and gold, and is led by a technical and management team with\nextensive experience in exploration, permitting, capital markets, and\ndevelopment of mining projects in the Western United States, including Nevada.\n\nOn Behalf of ICG Silver & Gold Ltd. Board of Directors:\n\nSteven Sirbovan, President, CEO & Director\nCorporate Office: 82 Richmond Street East, Toronto, ON, M5C 1P1\n\nInvestor relations contact:\nKristina Pillon, High Tide Consulting Corp.\n604.908.1695 / ir@icgsilverandgold.com\n\nThe Canadian Securities Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the\ncontents of this news release.\n\nForward-looking Information\n\nThis news release includes certain statements that may be deemed\n\"forward-looking statements\". All statements in this new release, other than\nstatements of historical facts, that address events or developments that the\nCompany expects to occur, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking\nstatements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but\nnot always, identified by the words \"expects\", \"plans\", \"anticipates\",\n\"believes\", \"intends\", \"estimates\", \"projects\", \"potential\" and similar\nexpressions, or that events or conditions \"will\", \"would\", \"may\", \"could\" or\n\"should\" occur. Forward-looking statements in this news release include,\nwithout limitation, statements related to ICG's exploration plans. Although\nthe Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking\nstatements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not\nguarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from\nthose in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause the actual\nresults to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include\nmarket prices, continued availability of capital and financing, and general\neconomic, market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such\nstatements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or\ndevelopments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking\nstatements. Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and\nopinions of the Company's management on the date the statements are made.\nExcept as required by applicable securities laws, the Company undertakes no\nobligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that\nmanagement's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change.\n\n\nTo view the source version of this press release, please visit\nhttps://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/293888","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nNFC80H4Z6","title":"ICG Silver & Gold Appoints Senior Technical Advisor and Announces Formation of Technical Advisory Committee","author":"Newsfile Corp","ticker":"ICG","created":"2026-04-23T11:00:17.677Z","tickers":["ICG"],"exchange":"","article_body":"* ICG welcomes three additions to the technical team\n* Over 125 years of combined experience in gold discovery, resource\ndevelopment, and project evaluation across the Western United States\n* All three have direct involvement in major discoveries, multiple producing\nmines and world-class deposits\nToronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 23, 2026) - ICG Silver & Gold\nLtd. (CSE: ICG) (FSE: JI0) (\"ICG\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce\nthe appointment of Eric Saderholm as Senior Technical Advisor to the Company,\nand the formation of a Technical Advisory Committee (\"TAC\") to support ongoing\nexploration and development activities at the Company's Tuscarora District.\n\nIn addition to Mr. Saderholm, the Company is pleased to welcome Borden Putnam\nand Charles Sulfrian as inaugural members of the TAC. The committee will work\nclosely with Korbon McCall, Vice President of Exploration while reporting to\nSteven Sirbovan, President, CEO and Director, and will be chaired by Gary\nBaschuk, Independent Director of the Company.\n\nGary Baschuk, Independent Director of ICG, said: \"The depth and quality of\nthis technical team is exceptional. Each individual brings decades of relevant\nexperience, from major discoveries to project evaluation and development. This\nlevel of expertise enhances our ability to make informed decisions and\nunderscores our commitment to building long-term value for shareholders\nthrough technical excellence and prudent stewardship.\"\n\nTechnical Advisory Committee\n\nThe TAC has been established to provide strategic geological and technical\nguidance to the Company as it advances exploration at the Tuscarora District.\nThe committee will serve as a collaborative forum of experienced industry\nprofessionals offering independent insights on exploration strategy,\ntargeting, data interpretation, and broader technical initiatives.\n\nThe formation of the TAC reflects ICG's commitment to leveraging deep\ntechnical expertise enhancing decision-making, reducing exploration risk, and\nmaximizing the potential of the Tuscarora District. Members of the TAC will\nengage with the Company on a regular basis, contributing to key technical\nprograms and supporting the advancement of high-priority targets.\n\nSenior Technical Advisor Appointment\n\nEric Saderholm joins ICG as Senior Technical Advisor and will play a key role\nin supporting the Company's exploration strategy. In this capacity, Mr.\nSaderholm will provide ongoing technical input to the exploration team and\ncontribute to the evaluation and prioritization of exploration opportunities\nacross the Tuscarora District.\n\nBiographies\n\nEric Saderholm\nMr. Saderholm is a senior professional geologist with over 40 years of\nexperience in mineral exploration, project development, and mining operations\nacross North and South America. He is the co-founder and Managing Director of\nExploration at American Pacific Mining Corp., where he has been instrumental\nin advancing multiple projects in the Western United States.\n\nMr. Saderholm previously spent more than a decade with Newmont Mining\nCorporation, where he held senior technical roles including Carlin Trend\nExploration Manager and Regional Geologist, as well as Chief Geologist at the\nPhoenix Mine, Lone Tree Complex, and Mule Canyon Mine. In these roles, he led\nexploration programs, resource development, and mine-site geology within some\nof the world's most prolific gold districts.\n\nOver his career, Mr. Saderholm has contributed to numerous world-class\ndeposits and operations including Bingham Canyon, Carlin, Midas, Gold Quarry,\nTwin Creeks, and Yanacocha, and has been part of teams responsible for adding\nmillions of ounces of gold to reserve bases.\n\nHe has also held executive roles in the junior mining sector, including Vice\nPresident of Project Development at U.S. Gold Corp. and President of Western\nPacific Resources.\n\nBorden Putnam\nMr. Putnam is a professional geologist with over 50 years of experience\nspanning mineral exploration, project development, and natural resource\nfinance. He brings a unique combination of technical expertise and financial\nanalysis developed through a career that bridges operational geology and\ninvestment evaluation.\n\nFor the past 17 years, Mr. Putnam has operated as an independent mining\nconsultant providing technical due diligence in support of mining project\nfinance, primarily on the private debt side. His work includes geological\nassessments, risk evaluation, and economic analysis of development and\nproducing assets.\n\nPreviously, Mr. Putnam spent 12 years as a Partner and Principal Resources\nAnalyst within hedge funds where he conducted asset-level due diligence and\nperformed discounted cash flow (DCF) and net present value (NPV) modelling\nacross mining and oil and gas investments.\n\nEarlier in his career, he served as Vice President and Chief Geologist at MRDI\nand held senior roles with Newmont Mining Corporation and AMAX Exploration.\nNotably, while at Newmont, he led the discovery of the Pinon (South Bullion)\ngold deposit along the southern Carlin Trend.\n\nMr. Putnam is a Registered Professional Geologist and a Senior Fellow of the\nSociety of Economic Geologists.\n\nCharles Sulfrian\nMr. Sulfrian is an exploration geologist and mining executive with more than\n35 years of experience in the discovery, evaluation, and development of\nprecious and base metal deposits across North America. He is a Certified\nProfessional Geologist (AIPG) and a Qualified Person as defined under NI\n43-101.\n\nMr. Sulfrian is the President of ZyMin Corporation, a geological consulting\nfirm he has led for over 20 years, providing exploration management, project\nevaluation, and property acquisition services across the western United\nStates.\n\nHe has held senior roles with several mining companies, including Vice\nPresident of Exploration at Terraco Gold Corp., where he led project\nevaluation and acquisition efforts and contributed to strategic transactions,\nincluding royalty and streaming deals totaling approximately US$1 billion. He\nalso served as Exploration Manager for Riley Gold Corp., overseeing\nexploration programs in Nevada.\n\nEarlier in his career, as a regional geologist with Westen States Minerals, he\nconducted exploration programs supporting mine development in Nevada, Utah,\nand Arizona.\n\nMr. Sulfrian also made significant contributions to the discovery and\ndevelopment of the Post-Betze gold deposits as Chief Geologist at the\nGoldstrike Mine, Nevada, then operated by Western States Minerals.\nAdditionally, his work as Chief Chemist and Recovery Supervisor for the\nGoldstrike mine provided operational experience in geochemistry, metallurgical\ntest-work, heap leach technology, and gold recovery.\n\nHe has held senior positions with Barrick Gold, including District Geologist\nfor Barrick Resources Corp, evaluating exploration and acquisition\nopportunities throughout the Western US and General Supervisor of Drilling and\nSenior Geologist at Barrick Goldstrike Mines, where he managed large-scale\ndrilling programs and exploration budgets.\n\nCorporate Update\n\nThe Company also announces that it has granted an aggregate of 150,000 stock\noptions (the \"Options\") in relation to the above appointments. The Options are\nexercisable at a price of $0.50 per common share for a period of 5 years from\nthe date of grant. The Options will vest as to one-third (1/3) at six (6)\nmonths from the date of grant, one-third (1/3) at nine (9) months from the\ndate of grant, and the remaining one-third (1/3) at twelve (12) months from\nthe date of grant, in accordance with the Company's stock option plan and the\npolicies of the Canadian Securities Exchange (the \"CSE\").\n\nAll securities issued pursuant to the Options are subject to applicable hold\nperiods in accordance with Canadian securities laws and the policies of the\nCSE.\n\nAbout ICG Silver & Gold Ltd.\n\nICG Silver & Gold Ltd. is a new mineral exploration and development company\nadvancing the Tuscarora District in northern Nevada. The Company's strategy is\ncentered on:\n* Advancing the Tuscarora District through systematic exploration and\ntechnical studies;\n* Building a district-scale geological model; and\n* Progressing the project toward resource definition and future development.\nThe Tuscarora District is a silver-gold epithermal system located on the\nCarlin Trend, approximately one hour northwest of Elko, Nevada. ICG controls\n100% of the approximately 10,000-acre land package, which has extensive rock\nchip sampling, thousands of meters of reverse circulation and core drilling,\nand tens of kilometers of CSAMT geophysics completed on the property. ICG\nfundamentally believes in the long-term value of precious metals exploration,\nespecially silver and gold, and is led by a technical and management team with\nextensive experience in exploration, permitting, capital markets, and\ndevelopment of mining projects in the Western United States, including Nevada.\n\nOn Behalf of ICG Silver & Gold Ltd. Board of Directors:\n\nSteven Sirbovan, President, CEO & Director\nCorporate Office: 82 Richmond Street East, Toronto, ON, M5C 1P1\n\nInvestor relations contact:\nKristina Pillon, High Tide Consulting Corp.\n604.908.1695 / ir@icgsilverandgold.com\n\nThe Canadian Securities Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the\ncontents of this news release.\n\nForward-looking Information\n\nThis news release includes certain statements that may be deemed\n\"forward-looking statements\". All statements in this new release, other than\nstatements of historical facts, that address events or developments that the\nCompany expects to occur, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking\nstatements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but\nnot always, identified by the words \"expects\", \"plans\", \"anticipates\",\n\"believes\", \"intends\", \"estimates\", \"projects\", \"potential\" and similar\nexpressions, or that events or conditions \"will\", \"would\", \"may\", \"could\" or\n\"should\" occur. Forward-looking statements in this news release include,\nwithout limitation, statements related to ICG's exploration plans. Although\nthe Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking\nstatements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not\nguarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from\nthose in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause the actual\nresults to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include\nmarket prices, continued availability of capital and financing, and general\neconomic, market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such\nstatements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or\ndevelopments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking\nstatements. Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and\nopinions of the Company's management on the date the statements are made.\nExcept as required by applicable securities laws, the Company undertakes no\nobligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that\nmanagement's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change.\n\n\nTo view the source version of this press release, please visit\nhttps://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/293888"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-04-23T11:00:17.775594422Z","server_sent_at_ms":1776942017775},"received_at":"2026-04-23T11:00:17.859Z","source_url":"https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/293888"},"analysis":null,"durationMs":null,"modelName":null}}