---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001062993-25-007278"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LCGMF"
cik: "0001339688"
company_name: "LION COPPER & GOLD CORP."
filed_at: "2025-04-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T18:05:45.818066+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lion Copper & Gold appoints John Banning as CEO; Steven Dischler transitions to Community Relations

## Summary
- John Banning appointed CEO effective April 4, 2025, succeeding Steven Dischler, who becomes Director of Community Relations.
- Banning receives US$250k annual salary; granted 7.5M performance options at $0.08, vesting at $100M and $200M market cap milestones.
- Dischler remains on Board; role shift focuses on community engagement in Mason Valley.
- Transition aligns with advancing Yerington Copper Project's Pre-Feasibility Study.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001062993-25-007278
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LCGMF
- cik: 0001339688
- company_name: LION COPPER & GOLD CORP.
- filed_at: 2025-04-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1339688/000106299325007278/0001062993-25-007278-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1339688/000106299325007278/form8k.htm

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