McEwen Mining’s Stefan Spears Appointed to Golden Predator’s Board of Directors
Vancouver, British columbia (FSCwire) - Golden Predator Mining Corp. (TSX.V: GPY) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that McEwen Mining Ltd. has accepted the Company’s invitation to nominate a Board member and Mr. Stefan Spears will join the Board of Directors effective immediately.
New Director
Mr. Stefan Spears has over a decade of experience as an executive in the resource exploration and mining industry. He began his mining career at Goldcorp in 2002, and in 2005 joined McEwen Capital Corporation to focus on resource sector investments. In 2008 he joined McEwen Mining (TSX/NYSE:MUX) as Vice President in charge of U.S. Projects. After successfully founding Coreprint Patterns Inc., an innovative sand casting pattern manufacturer whose repeat clients have included several multi-national corporations in the mining and industrial sectors, Mr. Spears rejoined McEwen Mining to address Special Projects with a focus on corporate development and to tackle technical challenges in operations. He has experience in gold exploration in Canada, USA and Mexico, and was involved in raising over C$400 million in equity capital for exploration and development projects. Mr. Spears holds a B.Sc. degree in civil engineering from Queen’s University. He is also a board member of Inventus Mining Corp. (TSX-V:IVS).
Corporate Advisory Board
The Company has formed an Advisory Board whose members will possess expertise in critical areas for the advancement of the Company including: geology, mining, government and First Nation relations, environmental and permitting, financing and marketing.
Piers McDonald and Barry Rayment have tendered their resignations from the Company’s Board of Directors and will now serve on the Corporate Advisory Board. Mr. McDonald and Mr. Rayment have both served for extended time on the Board of Directors and have contributed significantly to the corporate development and oversight of the Brewery Creek project. We thank them for their service and look forward to their continued contributions to the Company.
“I welcome Stefan Spears to the Board and look forward to working with him. His experience across the mining sector will be of great benefit to the Company,“ said William M. Sheriff, Chairman. “In addition, I look forward to continuing to work with Barry and Piers as they lead the new Corporate Advisory Board.”
Golden Predator Mining Corp.
Golden Predator Mining Corp., a Canadian gold mineral exploration company, is focused on advancing the 3 Aces Project and Brewery Creek project in Canada’s North. The Company has undertaken a bulk sampling at the 3 Aces project, focused on high grade native gold bearing quartz veins, to define the distribution and grade of gold in the veins. The Company’s Brewery Creek Project is a past producing heap leach gold mine with a Preliminary Economic Assessment, next steps include advancing the project through feasibility and permitting.
For additional information:
Janet Lee-Sheriff
Chief Executive Officer
(214) 304-9552
info@goldenpredator.com
www.goldenpredator.com
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