{"id":2926,"date":"2017-12-14T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arianne-inc.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=2252"},"modified":"2022-04-01T21:30:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T21:30:59","slug":"arianne-phosphate-names-dominique-bouchard-as-executive-chairman-of-the-board-of-directors%ef%bf%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itremma.com\/arianne\/arianne-phosphate-names-dominique-bouchard-as-executive-chairman-of-the-board-of-directors%ef%bf%bc\/","title":{"rendered":"ARIANNE PHOSPHATE NAMES DOMINIQUE BOUCHARD AS EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SAGUENAY, QUEBEC &#8211; (December 14, 2017) &#8211; Arianne Phosphate (the \u201cCompany\u201d or \u201cArianne\u201d) (TSX VENTURE: DAN; OTC: DRRSF; FRANKFURT: JE9N)<\/strong>, a development-stage phosphate mining company, advancing the Lac \u00e0 Paul phosphate rock project in Quebec\u2019s Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, has today named Mr. Dominique Bouchard as Executive Chairman of its Board of Directors.&nbsp; Mr. Bouchard\u2019s appointment was unanimously approved by the Company\u2019s Board of Directors.&nbsp; Mr. Bouchard has been a member of Arianne\u2019s Board since 2013 and his new position follows his previous role as Arianne\u2019s Executive Vice Chairman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. Bouchard has been Vice Rector of Resources between 2014 and 2017 at the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec in Chicoutimi. He is also a 33-year veteran of the Alcan and Rio Tinto organizations, having most recently served as President of Rio Tinto Quebec Iron &amp; Titanium until his retirement in May 2013. Prior to that, Mr. Bouchard held the position of Vice President Primary Metal within Rio Tinto Alcan from March 2005 to February 2010. He was responsible for the operations and implementation of the strategy development for Primary Metal Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. Dominique holds a Master\u2019s degree in Management from McGill University, graduated from the International Master\u2019s Programme in Practicing Management (IMPM) from INSEAD University in France and obtained an Electrical Engineering degree from Laval University. Mr. Bouchard is also a graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI believe I am well suited for my new role as Executive Chairman,\u201d said Dominique Bouchard. \u201cAs a native to the Saguenay region, I have a fundamental understanding of how important the Lac \u00e0 Paul project is, and, the benefit it will bring to the community. Having spent many years in Qu\u00e9bec, both in a personal and professional capacity, it has allowed me to build a strong network of contacts that I will draw on to help get this project done. Further, I look forward to continuing my strong working relationship with Brian, our CEO. We have a strong understanding of each other\u2019s strengths and responsibilities and, we work well as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOn behalf of the Board, the Management and the entire Arianne team, I want to welcome Dominique to his new position,\u201d said Brian Ostroff, CEO of Arianne Phosphate.&nbsp; \u201cI have had the opportunity to work with Dominique over the years and think he is very well suited to his new position; I look forward to advancing our project together. Having been on the Board for several years Dominique will bring a high level of continuity and can hit the ground running. Lastly, on a personal note, I have enjoyed working closely with Dominique in the past and look forward to his more active role as Executive Chairman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In conjunction with Mr. Bouchard\u2019s new position, he has been awarded 40,000 stock options. Each Option entitles the holder to purchase one common share of the Company until December 13, 2027 at a price of $0.62 per share, this being the closing price of the Company\u2019s shares on the trading day preceding the date of grant. The Options are subject to a three-year vesting period under the Plan and the Policy, and are also subject to regulatory approval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAGUENAY, QUEBEC &#8211; (December 14, 2017) &#8211; Arianne Phosphate (the \u201cCompany\u201d or \u201cArianne\u201d) (TSX VENTURE: DAN; OTC: DRRSF; FRANKFURT: JE9N), a development-stage phosphate mining company, advancing the Lac \u00e0 Paul phosphate rock project in Quebec\u2019s Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, has today named Mr. Dominique Bouchard as Executive Chairman of its Board of Directors.&nbsp; Mr. Bouchard\u2019s appointment was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itremma.com\/arianne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itremma.com\/arianne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itremma.com\/arianne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itremma.com\/arianne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itremma.com\/arianne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itremma.com\/arianne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itremma.com\/arianne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itremma.com\/arianne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itremma.com\/arianne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}