Tarku Resources Ltd. announced the appointment of Mr. Bernard Lapointe to the Board of directors and as Chairman of the company. Mr. Lapointe fills the vacant position following the resignation of Mr. Sylvain Laberge, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the company. Mr. Lapointe will act as the independent director of the company.

In addition, Tarku announced the appointment of Mr. Julien Davy, current President of the company, as President and Chief Executive Officer of the company following the resignation of Mr. Laberge. These changes are effective June 1, 2018. Mr. Lapointe has extensive business experience, having spent more than 35 years in the resource sector in exploration and project development.

He founded Arianne Resources in 1997 and headed the company until 2013 that became Arianne Phosphate. Mr. Lapointe contributed to the discovery and development of the Lac à Paul project located in Quebec. Mr. Lapointe is now a semi-retired geologist, consultant and private investor.

He sits on several technical and strategic committees of public and private exploration companies and is a lecturer of exploration funding at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi.