TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Thursday saw a slew of new senior executive appointments by several Canadian mining companies.
West Africa-focused True Gold said it had appointed Christian Milau its new president and CEO, effective from April 27. The company, which was currently focused on developing the temporarily suspended Karma gold project, in Burkina Faso, in January said executive chairperson Mark O’Dea had replaced president and CEO Dwayne Melrose on an interim basis, with immediate effect.
Milau would join True Gold from fellow West Africa-focused gold producer Endeavour Mining, where he had served as executive VP and CFO since 2011 and played a leading role in Endeavour’s acquisition, financing, development and operation of four gold mines, which were expected to produce almost 500 000 oz this year, in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Mali.
Endeavour on Thursday announced that it had appointed Ota Hally CFO effective April 1, to replace Milau. Chartered accountant and chartered financial analyst Hally joined Endeavour early last year as VP – group controller and brought with him previous experience from Pan American Silver.
Africa-focused explorer, Ivanhoe Mines also announced that it had appointed Livia Mahler as a nonexecutive, independent member of the company's board, effective immediately. The appointment increased the number of directors to ten.
Meanwhile, International Tower Hill Mines had promoted GM Karl Hanneman to COO, effective immediately.
Hanneman had been with the company since May 2010, during which time he was responsible for assembling the Alaska team and served as the Livengood gold project manager.