HighGold (TSX-V:HIGH, OTCQX:HGGOF) Mining Inc. said it has appointed Devin den Boer to the position of vice president operations, Alaska and promoted Ian Cunningham-Dunlop to senior vice president, Exploration ahead of the "exciting next phases" of exploration and advancement at its flagship Johnson Tract Project in Alaska.
"We are very pleased to welcome Devin den Boer to the company," said HighGold (TSX-V:HIGH, OTCQX:HGGOF) CEO Darwin Green in a statement. "Devin's global experience advancing major gold projects for senior mining companies will be of tremendous value as we take the Johnson Tract Project forward. The skill set he brings will be an excellent complement to HighGold's deep bench of accomplished geoscientists led by Ian Cunningham-Dunlop and supported by a technical advisory team of industry experts."
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den Boer brings 25 years of global mining industry experience, having worked in various senior roles at major mining companies including Kinross, Goldfields, and AngloGold Ashanti (ASX:AGG). He has led teams in the successful discovery, definition and growth of several multi-million-ounce gold deposits in South America, Southeast Asia, West Africa and Russia.
Most recently he was district director of exploration at Kinross, overseeing resource development and exploration activities, including mine study support, at the Chulbatkan intrusion related gold deposit, in the Far East of Russia. He holds a B.Sc. in Geological Sciences from the University of British Columbia and is a P.Geo. in good standing with EGBC.
"Johnson Tract is one of the most exciting undeveloped high-grade gold projects in North America and I'm thrilled to be joining the top-notch team at HighGold," den Boer said of his appointment. "I look forward to helping advance the project along the path of value creation for the company and its stakeholders."
Cunningham-Dunlop, who was previously vice president of Exploration, has over 35 years of experience in domestic and international mineral exploration and project development. His discovery record includes involvement in 12 mineral deposits with endowments greater than 1 million ounces gold equivalent and a total endowment greater than 45 million ounces of gold equivalent. His major successes include his prior role as VP Exploration for Fronteer Gold and the AMEBC E.A Scholz award for Excellence in Mine Development in 2003 for his role in adding mineral reserves at the Eskay Creek Mine, British Columbia.
Separately, the company also announced the issuance of 1,057,500 stock options with an exercise price of C$1.00 per share for the purchase of up to 1,057,500 shares of the company. The stock options have a five-year term and are being issued to directors, officers, employees, technical advisors and consultants of the company and are subject to approval by regulatory authorities.
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