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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…
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MINING PEOPLE: Falco Resources, Essex Minerals, Copper One, and NexGen Energy
Bryan A. Coates Is the new chair of Falco Resources in Montreal following the resignation of Sean Roosen from the board. Coates is also president of Osisko Gold Royalties. Toronto-based Copper One has named Stan Bharti president, CEO and director…
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MINING PEOPLE: Haver & Boecker, Algoma Steel, Bold Ventures, and Goldcorp
Haver & Boecker of St. Catharines, Ont., has appointed Jean-Francois Marchand as its sales representative for the province of Quebec. He has 20 years of sales experience including 10 years in heavy machinery. Michael McQuade is the new CEO of…
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MINING PERSON: Rathdowney
Vancouver’s Rathdowney Resources has named J.R.H. (Dick) Whittington its new president and CEO. During a career that spans more than 40 years, he has worked in Canada, Mexico, Panama, Papua New Guinea and Australia. He was president and CEO of…
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MINING PEOPLE: GSSI, Gatling Exploration, GoldSpot Discoveries, and RNC Minerals
Geophysical Survey Systems Inc. (GSSI), headquartered in New Hampshire, has hired Adam Mercer as application specialist responsible for British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. He holds a MSc in geophysics, and comes to GSSI from a major global drilling company. Jan…
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MINING PEOPLE: Eriez and First Cobalt
PENNSYLVANIA – Jaisen Kohmuench of Eriez has been selected as the 2018 Frank F. Aplan Award winner. He is the company’s senior director of Asia-Pacific operations and strategy. Kohmuench was chosen for his contributions to applied research, engineering development, and…
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MINING PEOPLE: Newmont, Granada Gold, Maritime, and Pan Global
Newmont Mining Corp. of Denver, Colo., has chosen Rob Atkinson to succeed Tom Palmer as executive VP and COO effective June 1. Palmer, the current president and COO, will retain the title of president until he succeeds Gary Goldberg as…
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COPPER: Excelsior updates progress at Gunnison in situ project
ARIZONA – Excelsior Mining Corp. of Vancouver is developing the Gunnison in situ copper project in Cochise County for production beginning in Q4 2019. Work is progressing on all fronts. The Gunnison project has always been easily accessible. Thanks to…
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MINING PEOPLE: Hannan Metals, Stornoway, and Wallbridge
Vancouver-based Hannan Metals has promoted Lars Dahlenborg to the position of president of the company. Previously, he was VP exploration. The new VP operations at Stornoway Diamond Corp. in Montreal is Patrick Sevigny. He joined the company in January 2015…
