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Executive, Management and Board Changes in Canada’s Mining Sector
MANAGEMENT CHANGES
TOP MOVES –pg 1 –
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BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS –pg 3 –
AWARDS & ACCOLADES –pg 3 –
TOP MOVES IN THIS ISSUE A WORLD OF MINING JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Don Strickland
Matthew Sutton
Nadia Mykytczuk
Former Copper Mountain Mining CFO Don Strickland is now the company’s executive VP sustainability. He has over 25 years of experience, specifically in mineral processing, project development, mine management and sustainability programs. Before joining Copper Mountain, Strickland held various senior operating positions at Placer Dome, Barrick Gold and Yukon Zinc. He is a Professional Engineer and graduated from Queens University with a BSc (Hons) in Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering.
Matthew Sutton is now president and CEO of Matrix Solutions in Calgary. Sutton has dedicated more than 30 years to leading organizations at the intersection of environment, energy, sustainability, and development. He was previously president of CH2M’s Environment and Nuclear Management Business; CEO, Global Environmental Engineering Services at AECOM; and executive VP, North American Operations at Arcadis. Most recently he was senior VP corporate development for startup ehsAI in B.C.
Environmental biologist and top mine remediation expert Nadia Mykytczuk is now interim president and CEO of MIRARCO. In this capacity, she will provide support to the Goodman School of Mines at Laurentian University. From 2016 to 2021, Mykytczuk was Industrial Research Chair in Biomining, Bioremediation, and Science Communication. She is a graduate of Laurentian (PhD) and has a Bsc in Environmental Science from Carleton University. She was also a Postdoctoral Fellow at McGill University from 2010 to 2012.
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MANAGEMENT CHANGES » The Adex Mining board has appointed Volodymyr Ivanov as interim CFO. » Jennifer Abols, previously president and CEO of MIRARCO and executive director of Goodman School of Mines, has joined Alamos Gold as director of projects. » Louis Langlois has been named president of Alcoa Canada. He will also represent the company on the board of the Aluminum Association of Canada. » Ameriwest Lithium has named Graeme Wright as its new CFO. » Mike Brown has joined Archer Exploration as CEO, replacing Jeffrey Wilson who will remain on the board. » The new VP exploration at Ascendant Resources is Sergio Gelcich. He will replace Robert (Andy) Campbell who is retiring from day-to-day operations. » Larry Donaldson of ATAC Resources has stepped down as CFO to be replaced on an interim basis by Andrew Carne, the company’s VP corporate and project development. » Jeff Burke is joining Big Ridge Gold as project manager for the Hope Brook gold project in Newfoundland. Director Nick Tintor is now chair of the board. » Brigadier Gold has appointed Heidi Gutte of Lichtenwald Professional as CFO and corporate secretary. » Cerrado Gold has appointed Sergio Gelcich VP exploration replacing Robert (Andy) Campbell who is retiring. Jason Brooks has been named CFO and Carl Calandra general counsel and corporate secretary. » Donald K. Baxter is taking over as CEO for retiring
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chairman and CEO Bharat Parashar at Ceylon Graphite. » Chesapeake Gold has named a new CFO, Erick Underwood. » Eric Dell, mine general manager for Copper Mountain Mining, is moving up to become senior VP operations. » Doré Copper has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Steve Simard as project director for its properties in Quebec. » William M. Sheriff has been appointed interim president and CEO at Exploits Discovery following the resignation of Michael Collins. Also, Siri C. Genik will take a seat on the board. » Filo Mining has named Trevor D’Sa as VP corporate development and investor relations. » The new CFO at Foran Mining is James Steels. » The new VP projects at FPX Nickel is Andrew Osterloh, formerly of Fluor Canada. » Greg McCunn has stepped down as CEO of Galiano Gold and will be replaced by Matt Badylak, the company’s current COO. » Gatos Silver has named Dale Andres as president and as CEO of the company’s subsidiary Minera Luz del Sol. » Global Atomic welcomes four new team members: Dasa manager of mining operations Jacques Tremblay, Dasa project superintendent Ian Moffatt, VP finance Pierre Hardouin, and information technology manager Becher Raffoul. » Peter Walsh is now CEO and a director of GPM Metals. » Great Bear Resources has announced the departure of CFO Robert Scott, corporate secretary Jeff Dare and director Tony Ricci.
» Great Panther Mining has named Fernando Comejo as COO to replace Neil Hepworth who is retiring. Also, Sandra Daycock has been named CFO. » Grizzly Discoveries has announced that COO Ian Lambert, 75, passed away after a short illness. » The new CEO at Hanna Capital is John Gould who was previously COO of First Uranium. » IM Exploration has named David Browning as VP exploration. » Andy Carmichael is VP exploration at IsoEnergy. » Kuya Silver has named Annie Sismanian its new CFO and general counsel. » Morgan Lekstrom has joined Lakewood Exploration as president. » Libero Copper & Gold has appointed Lisa Peterson its CFO, effective July 19. » Jon Gilligan is the new COO at Liberty Gold. Current COO Jim Lincoln is stepping down as COO of Pilot Gold USA but will remain an advisor to the board. » The new COO of Lion Ore Metals is Patrick Hickey. The company has also appointed Will Ostrenga as senior geologist. Managing director Stephen Mann has resigned. » Mantaro Silver has appointed Donna Humphreys as VP corporate development and a director. » The new interim CEO of Megumagold is Fred Tejada following the retirement of Regan Isenor. » Jason Banducci will be VP corporate development beginning Aug. 3 at Millennial Precious Metals. » The new chair of the Mining Association of Canada is
David Clarry, VP of corporate social responsibility for Hudbay Minerals. He will serve a two-year term. » Mosaic Minerals has named Pascal Germain to the newly created position of manager responsible for social networking development. » Nicola Mining has engaged Vesta Filipchuk to lead its environmental, social and corporate government initiatives. » Northwest Copper has named Vesta Filipchuk its new VP sustainability. » Orca Gold has announced two appointments – Emmanuel Abanyin as VP exploration and Elina Chow as VP corporate strategy. » The new CFO of Otso Gold is Andrey Maruta. » Rejean Gourde has resigned his position as president and CEO of Reunion Gold. Carlos Bertoni will continue to act as interim CEO. » Rockcliff Metals has asked chairman Donald Christie to be interim president, replacing Alistair Ross who has stepped down. » Bruce Ramsden has become executive VP and CFO of Roscan Gold. » Signature Resources has named Rickardo Welyhorsky, who joined the company in February, its new COO. » Stuve Gold has named Gordon Aldcorn as president. » Tanzanian Gold has named Khalaf Rashid as senior VP, Tanzania and as managing director of the company’s subsidiary Tanzam2000. » Taseko Mines has announced the retirement of CEO Russell Hallbauer (who will remain on the board) continued on page 3
BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS » Advance United Holdings (Au Holdings) has named two new board members, Daniele Spethmann and Vishal Gupta, and a new corporate secretary Chris Irwin. » Melissa Romero Noboa has joined the Adventus Mining board of directors. » Aftermath Silver has named geologist Michael Parker a director of the company. » Angus Gold has named David Cobbold to its board. » Sam Pigott is joining the board of Arena Minerals. » Argentina Lithium and Energy has named John Gammon to its board. » Lisa Ethans and Janis Shandro will stand for election to the board of Artemis Gold at the company’s AGM. » Nicholas Tintor and Michael Bandrowski have joined the board of Bald Eagle Gold. Darren Collins has resigned his seat but remains CFO. » The Battery Metals Association of Canada has appointed Mitchell Smith, CEO of Global Energy Metals, to its board. » SeungWan Shon has resigned from Capstone Mining’s board.
MANAGEMENT CHANGES,
» Teck Resources has appointed Brianne MetzgerDoran as VP health and safety. » Three Valley Copper is the new name for SRHI, and the company has named
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» Cypress Development has asked Cassandra Joseph to become a director. She is also a senior executive at Nevada Copper. » Eminent Gold has asked veteran mining executive Michael Kosowan to join its board of directors. » General Gold Resources has named Garnet (Garry) Clark to its board of directors. » Honey Badger Silver has offered a seat on its board to W. Douglas Eaton, as Chad Gilfillan is stepping down. Brian Briggs is also joining the board. » Mandy Johnston has joined the board of Manitou Gold. » For only the second time in its history, the Mining Association of Quebec (AMQ) is headed by a woman. Vanessa Laplante of Canadian Malartic Partnership is the new chair of the association. She succeeds Jean-Francois Verret. » Newcrest Mining has appointed Jane McAloon as an independent non-executive director.
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and COO John McManus. President Stuart McDonald will assume the role of CEO. Richard Tremblay will be promoted to senior VP operations and Richard Weymark to VP engineering.
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» CMIC has elected Mark Thorpe, CEO of EnviroGold Global, as chair of the board. Former chair Gordon Bogden remains on the board.
Joe Phillips as COO and Ian MacNeily as CFO. » Trillium Gold has announced the appointment of Ian M. MacNeilly as its new CFO. » James Crawford is now CEO at Upper Canada Mining in Calgary. He replaces Pal Haber who will continue as chairman. Geoff Marney is now VP corporate development, and Christina Rao VP investor relations.
» The newest director at Platinum Group Metals is Enoch Godongwana. » Quaterra Resources has named CEO Travis Naugle to its board of directors. » Quebec Precious Metals has named Paola Farnesi and Julie Roberts as directors. » Darren Collins has joined the board of Ready Set Gold. » Rio Tinto has named Ben Wyatt as non-executive director. » Greg Isenor is transitioning to a non-executive director at Roscan Gold. » The newest director at Salazar Resources is Mary Gilzean. » Sherritt International has appointed Leon Binedell to its board. » P.E. (Ted) Kavanagh has joined the board of Southern Empire Resources and Latika Prasad has resigned. » Southern Empire Resources has named Ted Kavanagh to the board.
» Superior Gold has noted the resignation of director Michael Mulroney, who will continue his duties at chief geological officer for Northern Star Resources. » Leif Nilsson has joined the board of Surge Copper » Ronald E. Smith has retired from the board of Thor Explorations. Osam Iyahen, head of natural resources at the African Finance Corp., will join the board. » As Tonogold Resources and Comstock Mining restructure, Fred Kofman has joined Tonogold’s board, filling the seat vacated by Mark J. Ashley. » Colin Sutherland has taken a seat on the board of TRU Precious Metals. » Unigold has appointed Steve Haggarty to its board of directors. » Wallbridge Mining has enhanced its board with the appointment of Danielle Giovenazzo.
» Morris Beattie has resigned as director and chair of Spanish Mountain Gold.
» Executive chairman Dale Corman is retiring from Western Copper and Gold. Ken Williamson was named interim chair.
» Director Lawrence Cannon has resigned as a director of Sphinx Resources.
» Matias Herrero has resigned from the board of World Copper.
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES Mining Association of Quebec’s (AMQ) FJ O’Connell Trophy recognizing outstanding efforts in health and safety for larger mines was recently awarded to Newmont’s Éléonore mine and Glencore’s Matagami and Raglan mines. In the smaller mine category, the trophy went to Procon Est du Canada, and in the surface operations category, the Marbleton de Graymont plant. New this year were the AMQ Distinction awards for innovative, achievement in communications-marketing, environment, community relations and HR. Eldorado Gold Quebec and Mine Canadian Malartic each won two awards. The Ionic Technology Group of Sudbury, Ont., won a Canadian Business Excellence Award for Private Business.