Premier unveils top-level team for i-80 Gold

Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) has picked the management team for new U.S.-focused gold miner i-80 Gold Corp., a company formed as part of the $612 million (US$478 million) acquisition of Premier by Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX; NYSE: EQX). The friendly takeover, announced in December, proposed consolidating Premier’s gold asset in Nevada under a new entity, headquartered in Reno. Key members of i-80 announced Monday include Ewan Downie as CEO and a director; Ron Clayton in the chairman of the board post and Matthew Gili as the president and chief operating officer. Continue reading at www.northernminer.com.