February 14, 2023
Cerrado Gold Inc. (TSXV:CERT, BUY, C$3.40 target, Timothy Lee) has appointed Mr. Clinton Swemmer as the Chief Technical Officer of the company. Previously, Mr. Swemmer was the VP of Technical Services at Cerrado, and had made significant contributions to the company’s heap leach and underground development program at its Minera Don Nicolas (MDN) mine in Argentina. In a career spanning over 20 years, Mr. Swemmer has held several senior roles including VP of Project Delivery at Treasury Metals (TSX:TML, Not Rated), Ausenco, and DRA Americas, and Director of Projects at Kinross (TSX:K, Not Rated). The company also announced that it has hired Mr. Erich Meintjes as the Director of Engineering to support the development of its projects. Mr. Meintjes has over 27 years of experience in the mining industry and was previously the Senior VP of Engineering at DRA Global (ASX:DRA, Not Rated). The new appointments are a crucial step in Cerrado’s strategy to reduce costs by hiring professionals internally in lieu of external consultants. A stronger technical team is also expected to play a key role in the upcoming FS for Monte Do Carmo (H1/23), and the commencement of heap leach production at MDN (Q2/23). Read more
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