Allied Copper Corp. (CPR) has announced the appointment of Kyle Hookey as the interim Chief Executive Officer of the company.

Mr. Hookey is currently an independent director of the company. He was previously CEO between August 2020 and October 2021. He will assume the role of Interim CEO from the close of business on March 31, 2022.

Hookey comes on board with over 10 years experience in the mining industry and capital markets, including in senior leadership roles.

The key point of his experience is his leading Allied Copper’s restructuring and asset acquisition strategy, including acquiring the Western United States assets, and his immediate focus is the significant exploration program being undertaken in Q2 and Q3, 2022.

Mr. Richard Tremblay has resigned from the board of directors and as the chief executive officer of the company, and the board has accepted his resignation. Allied Copper thanks Tremblay for his contributions and wishes him success in his future endeavors.

Allied Copper is a mineral exploration company focused on acquiring and developing potential long life, scalable copper and/or gold assets in the Western U.S.

The share price of Allied Copper Corp. (CPR) remained unchanged at $0.20 as at 12:34 PM ET.