08:41 AM EDT, 07/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Blue Moon Metals ( BMOOF ) , which rose 2.7% on Wednesday, said on Thursday it appointed Stephen Eddy as senior vice-president, corporate development.

The company stated that Eddy has also acquired 63,000 common shares in the open market.

The company noted that Eddy is a strategic financial executive with over two decades of experience leading capital markets transactions, risk management, and corporate development in the mining sector. He has served as senior vice president of business development at IAMGOLD, the company added.

The company further added that it granted a total of 200,000 incentive stock options under its share compensation plan to Eddy with an exercise price of $3.37 per stock option and are exercisable for a period of five years from date of grant and vesting over three years.

"The calibre of Stephen's experience is impressive covering all aspects of a growing mining company," said Blue Moon Metals' ( BMOOF ) Chief Executive Officer, Christian Kargl-Simard. "We look forward to Stephen contributing to the success of the business and working closely with me in all facets of strategy, financing, investor relations and corporate development."