12:32 PM EDT, 03/17/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Avanti Gold ( AVTGF ) on Tuesday said it appointed Mohamed Cisse as its Chief Executive Officer.

The company said Cisse served as its interim CEO since December 2025.

It also added that the 2026 exploration program will entail a total of about 42,000m of diamond drilling at its projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo, split between two phases. The initial Phase 1 exploration program will entail about 15,000m of diamond and reverse circulation drilling and remains scheduled to begin in late Q1-2026.

The company said the Phase 2 program will entail about 27,000m of diamond and reverse circulation drilling, and is scheduled to begin in late Q3-2026. Phase 2 is expected to continue to expand on the resource extensions at Akyanga while also introducing drilling onto the high priority targets.

Shares of the company were last seen down $0.01 to $0.73 on the Canadian Securities Exchange.

Price: 0.73, Change: -0.01, Percent Change: -1.35