VIZSLA SILVER ADDS UNPARALLELED MINE-BUILDING AND OPERATING EXPERTISE,
APPOINTS SIMON CMRLEC TO THE ROLE OF COO
Vancouver, British Columbia (January 30, 2024) – Vizsla Silver Corp. (TSX-V: VZLA) (NYSE: VZLA) (Frankfurt:
0G3) (“Vizsla Silver” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce Simon Cmrlec will be joining Vizsla Silver as
Chief Operating Officer (“COO”). Mr. Cmrlec is a highly experienced senior engineer with over 30-years of
industry experience who has been a director of Vizsla Silver since its formation and has most recently held
the position of Chief Operating Officer of Ausenco, a global mining engineering and consulting firm. He has
extensive experience in building mining projects around the world and across a number of different
commodities and will be tasked with advancing Vizsla Silver’s world-class Panuco silver-gold Project towards
production, with the goal of becoming one of the world’s largest single-asset silver producers. Mr. Cmrlec
commences the role on April 1, 2024.
“Simon has been involved with Vizsla Silver since its inception, preceding the acquisition of the Panuco-Copala
District,” commented Michael Konnert, President & CEO. “His guidance as a director has been invaluable in
establishing the culture and direction of the Company. Now, we are honoured to welcome him as the incoming
Chief Operating Officer as we embark on the next stage of development for the Panuco Project. We thank
Martin for all of his contributions and wish him the best in his future endeavours.”
“I am delighted to work closely with Mike and our excellent Vizsla team as we de-risk and develop the world’s
next tier one silver asset,” commented Simon Cmrlec. “Projects that are as well endowed as Panuco are rare
and it’s a privilege to be part of its future.”
Mr. Cmrlec began his career with Western Mining Corporation (WMC) at its Olympic Dam Mine in South
Australia where he held several technical and operations roles. He was an Owners Representatives for the
Olympic Dam Expansion Project (ODP) where he supported the design, construction and commissioning of
the Smelter and Hydrometallurgical facilities. Following the completion of the ODP project Mr. Cmrlec joined
Kvaerner and was involved in the construction and commissioning of various base metals, iron ore and gold
projects in the US, South America, Middle East and South Africa. In 2001, he joined Inco on the Goro Nickel
project in New Caledonia as the Project Manager responsible for the Refinery facility. Mr. Cmrlec held a
number of roles on the Goro Nickel project including Senior Project Manager and Construction director in his
eight years there. Mr. Cmrlec joined Ausenco in 2009 as the Manager, Project Delivery before assuming the
role of President APAC/Africa. In 2015, Mr. Cmrlec moved to Canada and became Ausenco’s President North
America before transitioning to President Americas in 2017 and the Chief Operating Officer in 2019.
Mr. Cmrlec graduated with a B.Eng (Hons) in Metallurgical Engineering from the Gartrell School of Mining,
Metallurgy and Applied Geology at the University of South Australia in 1994.
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Mr. Cmrlec will replace Martin Dupuis, who is no longer with the Company. We want to thank Mr. Dupuis for
his many contributions, which have helped advance the Panuco project through its maiden resource and two
subsequent resource updates.
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