Platinex Inc. Executive Changes
TORONTO, Feb. 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Platinex Inc. (CSE: PTX) announces the resignations of Mr. Walter Henry as President, CEO and director and Mr. Tom Hussey as director with immediate effect. Mr. James R. Trusler, Chairman and director of the Company has assumed the role of interim CEO.
Mr. Trusler stated, “I would like to thank Mr. Henry and Mr. Hussey for their service to the Company over several years and in particular for moving the Company’s cannabis investment strategy forward to the next level.”
James R. Trusler, Chairman and Interim CEO
Tel: (416) 565-5616
Email: jtrusler@platinex.com
Web: www.platinex.com
About Platinex Inc.
Platinex is currently focusing efforts on developing various strategies to capitalize on the lucrative growth of the cannabis sector in North America. At the same time Platinex has been focusing its mining business efforts in assembling a very large property in the Shining Tree gold camp, which has received little modern exploration compared to other gold camps in the Abitibi greenstone Belt. Shares of Platinex are listed for trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the symbol "PTX".
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:
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Investing into early stage companies, inherently carries a high degree of risk and investment into securities of the Company shall be considered highly speculative. Furthermore, the Company seeks to enter the cannabis market in the United States, where some states have legalized cannabis for medical or adult recreational use, while cannabis remain illegal under United States Federal law. As such, the Company may become subject to additional government regulation and legal uncertainties that could restrict the demand for its services or increase its cost of doing business, thereby adversely affecting its financial results.
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