MINING PEOPLE: Abitibi Royalties and Canadian Platinum

Ian Ball has been named the new president of Abitibi Royalties of Val d'Or, QC. Most recently he was president of McEwen Mining. Abitibi Royalties holds a 2% net smelter royalty on a portion of the Canadian Malartic mine known as the Gouldie deposit.

Canadian Platinum Corp. of Calgary has named Gary Billingsley its president and CEO and Mason Douglas its chairman.