---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-045094"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PUBC"
cik: "0001575858"
company_name: "Purebase Corp"
filed_at: "2023-12-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T11:53:30.651603+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Purebase appoints Stephen Gillings as CFO; base salary $100k, option grants

## Summary
- Stephen Gillings, 74, appointed CFO effective Dec 13, 2023; previously consultant at Now CFO and CFO of QuantumSphere.
- Base salary $100k/year; eligible for discretionary annual bonuses.
- Granted options to purchase 200,000 shares on each of three grant dates (Dec 13, 2023 and two anniversaries) at FMV.
- Severance: 3 months' salary plus 1 month per year if terminated without cause after 6 months.
- Press release issued Dec 14, 2023 confirming the appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-045094
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PUBC
- cik: 0001575858
- company_name: Purebase Corp
- filed_at: 2023-12-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1575858/000149315223045094/0001493152-23-045094-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1575858/000149315223045094/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-045094
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-045094.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-045094.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen Gillings was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Purebase Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On December 12, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Mr. Gillings as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective December 13, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1575858/000149315223045094/0001493152-23-045094-index.htm

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