AUGUST 2021 | VOLUME 2 | ISSUE 8
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Executive, Management and Board Changes in Canada’s Mining Sector
MANAGEMENT CHANGES
TOP MOVES
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TOP MOVES IN THIS ISSUE
Marcia Smith
Nathan Bridge
Robin Tolbert
Marcia Smith, Teck Resources’ senior VP sustainability and external affairs, has been named British Columbia’s 2020 Mining Person of the Year by the Mining Association of British Columbia. The award is given to an individual who has shown outstanding leadership in areas of innovation, safety, sustainable development, and corporate social responsibility within B.C. At Teck, Smith’s responsibilities include health and safety, environment and legacy properties, communities, government and corporate affairs, and sustainability strategy.
CanAlaska Uranium has appointed a new VP exploration, Nathan Bridge. Bridge has spent the majority of his career in uranium exploration and was previously a senior geologist at Cameco’s Fox Lake discovery team, spending 11 years with the company. Bridge also led the team that discovered the 42 zone at the West McArthur project. He is a licenced professional geoscientist and holds both BSc and MSc degrees in geology from the University of Western Ontario.
Northisle Copper and Gold has appointed Robin Tolbert VP exploration to succeed Jack McClintock, who has retired, but remains a strategic advisor. Tolbert has over 40 years of exploration and development experience in major copper porphyry regions, including B.C., Arizona, Mexico, Argentina, Mongolia and Alaska. He also brings recent experience with large-scale development projects including Pebble and Illinois Creek in Alaska and Ovoot in Mongolia.
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MANAGEMENT CHANGES » AngloGold Ashanti has named Alberto Calderon as CEO, following the departure of Kelvin Dushinsky last July. » Cathy Fitzgerald has joined Apollo Gold and Silver as the new VP exploration and resource development. Dean Besserer has resigned his role as VP exploration. » Matias Herrero has been appointed CFO of Atico Mining, replacing Bill Tsang.
president, CEO and director. Alan Edwards, who has been serving as interim CEO, will remain a director.
» Lithium South Development has appointed Vijay Mehta as a technical consultant and QP.
» Fireweed Zinc has named Pamela O’Hara as VP sustainability.
» Belinda Labatte has resigned as chief development officer at Mandalay Resources.
» FPX Nickel has appointed Randy MacGillivary is manager of environmental and government affairs.
» Michael Lee has been appointed interim CFO at Monument Mining.
» Gold Royalty Corp. has appointed Samuel Mah as VP, evaluations.
» The new head of global trading at Canada Rare Earth Corp. is Elyse Kohyann.
» Janet O’Donnell will be resigning as CFO of Gowest Gold effective Aug. 28.
» Yves Kabongo is the new CEO of Central African Gold. He replaces Stephen Barley who will remain executive chairman.
» Kesselrun Resources has named Rodney Stevens as VP corporate development.
» Jonathan Nielsen has joined E3 Metals as director of technology. » Elim Mining has appointed George Ogilvie as
» Kootenay Silver has named Hans Smit as a technical advisor. » Lakewood Exploration has appointed Philip Mulholland as chief geologist.
» Robert St. Pierre has been named project liaison manager to head up community engagement at NexGen Energy. » P2 Gold has named Fred Brown exploration manager for the Gabbs project in
Nevada and for the company’s projects in Oregon. » Three former Rio Tinto employees are joining the team at Talon Metals to concentrate on Talon’s Tamarack nickel project in Minnesota. They are: Todd Malan as chief external affairs officer and head of climate strategy; Brian Goldner as VP exploration; and Dean Rossell as chief geologist. » Michael Collins has resigned as CEO of Volatus Capital, but will remain a director. Fred Tejada will take his place as CEO.
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BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS » Richard Boudreault has joined the board of Auxico Resources Canada. » Karen Lloyd and Geoff Gay have been appointed to the board at CanAlaska Uranium. » CEO and director of EnviroGold Global, Mark Thorpe, has been appointed chair of the Canadian Mining Innovation Council. » Frontier Lithium has welcomed Marc Boissonneault to its board of directors. » Glencore has appointed non-executive director Kalidas Madavpeddi as chairman, replacing Tony Hayward. » Harte Gold has announced the resignations of all three Appian nominees (Michael Scherb, Geoffrey Cohen and Igor Gonzales). » New Break Resources has invited Joshua Bailey to join its board of directors.
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» Paul Benson will succeed Ian Reid as non-executive chairman at OceanaGold at the end of September. » Pancontinental Resources has invited Philip Corriher to join the board. » Fletcher Morgan has resigned from the board of QuestEx Gold & Copper. » Michael Rosatelli has joined the board of Snowy Owl Gold as an independent director. » W. Terry MacLean has been appointed chairman of the board of Spanish Mountain Gold, following the previously announced retirement of Morris Beattie. » Surge Copper has nominated Richard Colterjohn and John Dorward to its board of directors.