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LionGold appoints Nicholas Ng Yick Hing as CEO, Managing Director

Raymond Tan Soo Khoon was also appointed as Executive Director.

According to an SGX release, LionGold Corp announced the appointment of Nicholas Ng Yick Hing as Group CEO and Managing Director, and Raymond Tan Soo Khoon as Group General Counsel and Executive Director, from 1 January 2013.

In addition to strengthening senior management, LionGold’s in-house capital markets expertise will be significantly boosted, underpinning its fast-growing gold mining business. Both gentlemen have extensive credentials in corporate finance and have provided advisory services to LionGold in recently held positions.

Nicholas Ng is a veteran of the banking and financial industry with more than 28 years of experience. Before joining LionGold, he was Chief Executive Officer of leading Southeast Asian investment stockbroking house, DMG & Partners Securities Pte Ltd, from 2007.

Prior to DMG, Nicholas was the Managing Director of the Singapore-based investment banking units of Rabobank International and Citicorp in Singapore. He has concluded a wide range of financial transactions, including IPOs, privatisations, and mergers and acquisitions, on behalf of corporates throughout Asia-Pacific, supported by a network of global strategic and institutional investors.

Raymond Tan had been with Singapore law firm Robert Wang and Woo LLP for more than 15 years where he became a Partner and Head of the Corporate and Commercial Department.

He has extensive experience in dealing with numerous aspects of corporate law and regulatory issues for public listed companies, specialising in corporate governance, compliance and finance. Raymond has provided legal advisory services to the LionGold Board and senior management since 2007.

He was appointed as Company Secretary that same year and became a Non-Executive Director in October 2012. In his capacity as Group General Counsel, he will be responsible for LionGold’s legal and compliance affairs worldwide and have a central role in the Group’s ongoing development, in addition to acting as Company Secretary.

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