Canada Silver Cobalt Works Inc. (TSX-V:CCW) has announced the appointment of Gerhard Kiessling as its vice president Exploration, succeeding Matthew Halliday who will continue as the company's president and chief operating officer.
Kiessling joined Canada Silver Cobalt in 2020 as an exploration geologist and was later promoted to exploration manager.
"We welcome Gerhard to a more senior role at Canada Silver Cobalt. His extensive knowledge of the geology of northern Ontario is a major plus for us,” Halliday said in a statement.
“In addition to his most recent work at Castle East, he has participated in several exploration projects in the area focused on a variety of metals and geological structures which will be important as we ramp up exploration at the Eby-Otto gold property near the high-grade Macassa Gold Mine just south of Kirkland Lake, Ontario and about 90 kilometers north of our Castle Mine property," he added.
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Prior to joining Canada Silver Cobalt, Kiessling gained valuable geological exploration experience working for several companies across Canada including Agnico Eagle, Kirkland Lake Gold, First Cobalt, and McEwen Mining, the company said.
He graduated from the University of Waterloo in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science (Honors), majoring in Earth Science. He is a practising member of the Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (PGO).
Canada Silver Cobalt Works recently discovered a major high-grade silver vein system at Castle East located 1.5 kilometres from its 100%-owned, past-producing Castle Mine near Gowganda in the prolific and world-class silver-cobalt mining district of Northern Ontario.
The company has completed a 60,000 metre drill program aimed at expanding the size of the deposit with an update to the resource estimate underway.
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