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COBALT-NICKEL: UEX releases results of winter resampling at West Bear
SASKATCHEWAN – The final assays are in from UEX Corp.’s winter drilling program at its West Bear cobalt-nickel property in the eastern part of the Athabasca Basin. The company resampled 62 sonic drill holes and 12 historical diamond drill…
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MINING PEOPLE: MAC, CMIC, and Falcon Gold
The Mining Association of Canada in Ottawa has selected Gordon Stothart to be its CEO for the next two-year term. He is also executive VP and COO of Iamgold. He comes to his new role with extensive experience in the mining…
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MINING PEOPLE: Turquoise Hill, AME, Independence Gold, and Orestone
Turquoise Hill Resources, headquartered in Vancouver, has named Jo-Anne Dudley its COO. She has 25 years of experience, and has for the last nine years been a key member of the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine technical team. Most recently she…
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MINING PEOPLE: ATEX Resources, MGM Resources, Nouveau Monde Graphite, and Oroco Resource
Vancouver-based ATEX Resources has named Carl Hansen its new CEO. He was a co-founder of Andina Minerals and Atacama Pacific Gold. Previous CEO Thomas Pladsen will now be CFO. MGM Resources Corp. of Vancouver has appointed Michael Lerner, Harvey McKenzie…
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MINING PEOPLE: Barkerville Gold, Blackrock Gold, QMX Gold, and Sixty North Gold
QMX Gold Corp. of Toronto has asked Hon. Sergio Marchi to join its board of directors. He has held a number of positions in both the private and public sectors, most recently as president and CEO of the Canadian Electricity…
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MINING PEOPLE: Lithion Energy, Superior Gold, and TMAC Resources
Lithion Energy Corp. of Vancouver has name Warren Gilman as chairman and Alex Granger as CEO. Gilman is a mining engineer and a founder of CIBC’s Global Mining Team in 1988. Granger is also managing director of Xela Group, a…
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MINING PEOPLE: CIM, Ivanhoe Mines, Vale, and Wolfden
Earlier this week the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum recognized Roy Slack as the new president for a one-year term. He is the former president and is currently a board member of Cementation Americas. Toronto-based Ivanhoe Mines has…
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MINING PEOPLE: ICMM and NorZinc
Prof. Bruno Oberle will chair an independent mine tailings review for the International Council on Mining and Metals in London, U.K. the Principles for Responsible Investment and the United Nations Environment Program. He will over all aspects of the review…
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MINING PEOPLE: Mining Association of BC, Boreal Metals, Commit Works, Golden Star, and Miramont Resources
The new president and CEO of the Mining Association of British Columbia is Michael Goehring, effective May 1, 2019. He has more than 20 years’ of experience in public affairs and strategic communications across a number of industries. Boreal Metals…
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MINING PEOPLE: Victory Metals, Haver and Boecker, Tower Resources, Trevali Mining, Wesdome
Jeffery Woods is the new chief metallurgist at Victory Metals in Vancouver. He has a strong background in metallurgical and mineral processing testing and process flowsheet development. Woods has also developed several proprietary metallurgical processes. He was VP of metallurgy…
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MINING PEOPLE: Anaconda Mining, Champion Iron, Detour Gold, Nickel One, and Superior Gold
Toronto’s Anaconda Mining has boosted its management team with the appointment of Kevin Bullock as CEO. With more than 30 years of capital markets and senior mining experience, he was a founder of Volta Resources. Dustin Angelo will retain the…
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MINING PEOPLE: Kirkland Lake Gold, Nemaska Lithium, and Skeena Resources
Toronto-based Kirkland Lake Gold has announced the retirement of board chairman Eric Sprott, effective after the annual meeting on May 7, 2019. He has been chairman since 2015. The vacancy will be filled by Jeff Parr as interim chairman until…
