Morien Announces New Chief Financial Officer

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Sept. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Morien Resources Corp. ("Morien" or the "Company") (TSXV:MOX), today announced the appointment of Ms. Susanne Willett as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), replacing Mr. Michael O’Keefe, who will be leaving Morien to pursue other interests. Ms. Willett has been working as a consultant to Morien during a transition period, and will commence her role as CFO immediately.

Ms. Willett is a Chartered Professional Accountant and brings over 25 years of experience in financial management and reporting to her role at Morien.  Most recently, Ms. Willett acted as a financial consultant to several Nova Scotia companies and prior to that worked for the New Brunswick Power group of companies as Business Unit CFO, Director of Financial Planning and Treasury, and Controller, where she directed business planning, regulatory compliance, management and financial reporting. Ms. Willett holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a Master of Business Administration from York University in Toronto, Ontario, and is a member of Chartered Professional Accountants of Nova Scotia.

Morien and its Board of Directors would like to thank Mr. O’Keefe for his many years of service to the Company, and wish him well in his future endeavours.  Mr. O’Keefe will stay on as an advisor to the Company and on an interim basis to assist in the transition as needed.

About Morien

Morien is a Canada based, dividend paying, mining development company that holds royalty interests in two, long life, world class, tidewater accessed projects.  The Donkin Coal Mine commenced production in 2017 and the Black Point Aggregate Project was permitted in 2016 and is progressing toward a development decision. Morien’s management team exercises ruthless discipline in managing both the assets and liabilities of the Company.  The Company’s management and its Board of Directors consider shareholder returns to be paramount over corporate size, number or scale of assets and industry recognition.  Morien has 53,451,114 issued and outstanding common shares and a fully diluted position of 57,893,614. Further information is available at www.MorienRes.com.

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For more information, please contact:
John P.A. Budreski, CEO and Chairman
Phone: (416) 930-0914
or
Dawson Brisco, P.Geo, President
Phone: (902) 403-3149 
dbrisco@MorienRes.com
www.MorienRes.com