American Eagle Gold Corp (TSX-V:AE) said it has appointed Kevin Canario as the company's chief financial officer.
Most recently, Canario was corporate controller of Battle North Gold Corp where he was instrumental in the eventual sale of the Bateman gold project. Prior to this, he was the chief financial officer of INV Metals Inc (TSX:INV). and worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers for five years within the mining assurance practice managing audits for a variety of publicly listed clients ranging from small exploration to large multiasset operations. Canario holds a CPA, CA and honours bachelor of commerce from McMaster University, Canada.
American Eagle Gold and the Ore Group also announced the resignation of Jeff Potwarka, the company's outgoing CFO. The entire Ore Group team said it thanked Potwarka for his dedication and many years of service to the team and the company's shareholders and wished him the best in his future endeavours.
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The company also announced that in accordance with its stock option plan, it has granted a total of 1,475,000 incentive options to officers, directors and consultants of the company, at an option price of 20 cents per share, exercisable for a period of five years from the date of issue.
American Eagle Gold is focused on exploring its flagship property, Golden Gate. The property is strategically situated on the Cortez trend, which hosts three large Carlin-type gold deposits operated by Barrick and Newmont's joint venture, Nevada Gold Mines (Pipeline, Cortez Hills and Goldrush).
The property is located 10 kilometres (km) south of Cortez Hills and 5 km south of Goldrush, and shows many of the same geological characteristics as at the two deposit areas.
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