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MINING PEOPLE: Amerigo, Discovery Metals, Euro Manganese, Honey Badger, OceanaGold, Patagonia Gold, Rockcliff, Toromont
Amerigo Resources announced the appoitment of Aurora Davidson as president and CEO following Rob Henderson’s departure. Davidson has been with Amerigo since 2003 and was most recently the company’s executive vice president and CFO. She will continue as CFO until this role is filled.…
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MINING PEOPLE: Defiance Silver, Forum Energy Metals, High Power Exploration, MBMI, Prospero Silver, Sable, Wallbridge, PDAC 2020 Awards
Defiance Silver has announced the resignation of Randy Smallwood from its board of directors; he is joining the company’s advisory board and will remain on its technical committee. Energy metals explorer Forum Energy Metals appointed Paul Dennison to its board…
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MINING PEOPLE: ABB Canada, Argo Gold, Aurion, Calibre, Copper Lake, Genesis, Golden Predator, NorZinc, Osisko Gold, AME
ABB Canada has announced Eric Deschenes as country manager and head of electrification business effective Jan. 1, 2020. Eric joined the company in 2017 as executive vice-president of the electrification business. He is a professional…
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MINING PEOPLE: Epiroc, Golden Star, Guyana Goldfields, and Maverix Metals
Swedish drilling powerhouse Epiroc AB has named Helena Hedblom its new president and CEO, a promotion from her previous role as senior executive VP mining an infrastructure. She is the holder of a MSc in material technology from the Royal…
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MINING PEOPLE: Canada Cobalt, Colonial Coal, Great Bear, Goldsource, and NorZinc
Canada Cobalt Works, based in Coquitlam, B.C., has named Matt Halliday its new VP exploration, effective in mid-December. A graduate of Dalhousie University, he is currently working for Kirkland Lake Gold. Calum Morrison is joining Great Bear Resources as its…
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MINING PEOPLE: American Creek, Bestech, Centerra, Great Panther, Integra, Solaris, and Suncor
Ken Konkin is the new VP project development for American Creek Resources of Cardston, Alta. He was the company’s exploration manager for the Treaty Creek joint venture, and he will now lead the team moving that project forward. Bestech has…
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MINING PEOPLE: Newmont Goldcorp, Fasken, Goodman School, Great Panther, Jaxon Mining, and Kore Mining
Newmont Goldcorp of Denver has named accomplished miner Dan Janney to lead its North American business. His full title will be regional senior VP for North America. Most recently Janney was the company’s group executive supporting the full potential continuous…
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MINING PEOPLE: Japan Gold, Stelmine, and Teck
Japan Gold Corp. of Vancouver has named Takashi Kuriyama its new general manager of exploration. He was most recently manager of global exploration at Sumitomo. He also served as a director of Teck Resources from 2006 to 2016. Quebec City-based…
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MINING PEOPLE: Golden Arrow, Kamoa-Kakula, and ScoZinc
Vancouver-based Golden Arrow Resources has hired Juan Carlos Benítez Maldonado as country manager for its exploration programs in Paraguay. He is a geologist who was part of the Paso Yobai gold discovery, the start-up of the Independence gold mine (Paraguay’s…
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MINING PEOPLE: Anaconda Mining, Denison, Kirkland Lake Gold, and Noble Mineral
Anaconda Mining of Toronto announced that Dustin Angelo has stepped down from his duties as president and a director of the company. The roles of president and CEO are now combined with Kevin Bullock taking on those duties. Bullock was…
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MINING PEOPLE: Centerra Gold, Benz Mining, Copper Mountain, Golden Predator, RNC Minerals, and Tethyan
Toronto-based Centerra Gold says Michael S. Parrett will succeed Stephen A. Lang as independent chair of the board, effective Oct. 1, 2019. Lang, who has been board chair since 2012, and he will retain his seat. Parrett has been on…
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MINING PEOPLE: Josemaria, Filo Mining, Fission 3.0, NovoCarbon, Nubian, Premier Gold, and Roscan Gold
Josemaria Resources of Vancouver has named Adam Lundin its new president and CEO and Ron F. Hochstein to the board of directors. Former president and CEO Dr. Wojtek Wodzicki stepped down to focus his energies on being president and CEO…
