Motapa Diamonds Inc. (TSXV:MTP) has a new chief financial officer. Barry Bergstrom most recently served as president and CFO for Global Graphite Inc.
Previous CFO Mark Allen remains on the board of directors. Motapa explores for diamonds in Africa. Its corporate office is in North Vancouver.
Great Basin Gold Ltd. (TSX:GBG, AMEX:GBN) has named Ferdi Dippenaar as president and CEO. Dippenaar takes over from Ronald Thiessen, who will remain a director.
Most recently, Dippenaar was the executive director of corporate affairs for Harmony Gold.
Dippenaar will be based in South Africa, but will also handle Great Basin's North American operations.
Great Basin is a mining exploration and development company based in Vancouver.
Bear Creek Mining (TSXV:BCM) has appointed Chafika Eddine as VP of corporate affairs. The company says Eddine has wide experience in the mining industry with both major and junior companies.
Bear Creek, with corporate offices in Vancouver, explores for gold and silver deposits in Peru.
Gemcom Software International Inc. (TSX:GCM) has appointed Marius Botha to the new position of VP of services and Ram Sudama as the company's new chief technology officer. Botha was previously the VP and client delivery executive of EDS Canada.
Sudama was most recently chief technology officer and VP of research and development at On Technology Corp. He replaces Omid Ejtemai, who resigned his position as executive VP and CTO.
Established in 1985, Vancouver-based Gemcom is a global provider of mine production management services.
New Gold Inc. (TSX:NGD, AMEX:NGD) has appointed Kevin Ross as COO effective Jan. 9. The company says he has almost 30 years of experience in the mining industry, most recently as COO for Ivernia Inc. Based in Vancouver, New Gold is focused on its Afton Project west of Kamloops.
Mining and energy industries veteran Mark Hart is joining West Hawk Development Corp. as a director and COO. Hart has also accepted the position of director, president and CEO of Northern Clean Fuels Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of West Hawk.
In addition, Christopher Verrico, the company's executive VP, has agreed to take the position of CEO of West Hawk. Michael Townsend remains president and board chair.
With corporate headquarters in Vancouver, West Hawk (TSXV:WHD) is a mineral exploration and development company with four coal properties in northern B.C.
Inex Pharmaceuticals Corp. of Burnaby has appointed Timothy Ruane as company president and CEO. He had been president and COO since last June.
The appointment comes at a time when Inex is proposing to spin off its targeted immunotherapy technology into a new company.
INEX (TSX:IEX) is a Canadian biopharm company developing drugs to treat cancer.
Teck Cominco has made two executive appointments, both of which are effective Jan. 1.
Ronald Vance will become senior VP of corporate development. Most recently he was managing director at Rothschild Inc.
Robert Scott will become VP for base metal mining. Scott was previously GM for the Red Dog operation.
Teck Cominco (TSX:TEK.MV.A, TEK.SV.B) is a diversified mining, smelting and refining company headquartered in Vancouver.
Lindsay Bottomer has resigned as president and CEO of Southern Rio Resources Ltd. (TSXV:SNZ). He is being replaced by Robert Weicker. Southern Rio, which is in the process of changing its name to Silver Quest Resources Ltd., is a mineral exploration company based in Vancouver.
Peer 1 Network Enterprises, Inc. says Geoffrey Hampson has tendered his resignation as CEO and president to pursue other opportunities. Hampson has agreed to make himself available to assist Peer 1 over the next year.
Lance Tracey, currently chairman of the board, will assume Hampson's roles.
The company has also appointed Fabio Banducci as its executive VP. Banducci has been providing corporate advisory services to public and private companies.
Peer 1 (TSXV:PIX) is an Internet infrastructure provider in North America and Europe. Corporate headquarters are in Vancouver.
Portal Resources Ltd. (TSXV:PDO) has appointed Christine West as CFO and secretary. West, with more than nine years of experience in the mining resource industry, has been acting controller for Portal since May 2004.
She replaces Mark Brown as CFO. He will continue as a director of the company.
Based in Vancouver, Portal is a junior natural resource company focused on the development of gold/silver and copper/gold projects in Argentina and Chile.
Pacific Safety Products Inc. of Kelowna has promoted Gerry Bush to president and Valerie Dougans to CFO.
Bush has been COO since May 2005 and will continue to hold that position as well.
Pacific Safety Products (TSXV:PSP) produces and sells body armour and tactical clothing.
Welichem Biotech Inc. (TSXV:WBI) has announced the resignation of Jianxiong Li as vice-president. He will continue in an advisory role for the company.
Based in Burnaby, Welichem is a biotechnology company developing therapies in the fields of autoimmune diseases and cancer.
PolyMet Mining Corp. (TSX:POM; OTCBB:POMGF) has appointed Douglas Newby as CFO. Newby has 25 years of experience in the mining sector. He is also president of Proteus Capital Corp.
Based in Vancouver, PolyMet is a junior mining company focused on a copper, nickel, cobalt and precious metals project in northern Minnesota.
Terry Rachwalski has taken on the position of VP and COO of Tactex Controls Inc. of Victoria. Rachwalski has been with Tactex for nearly four years, most recently holding the position of VP of marketing.
Tactex (TSXV:TTX) sells a pressure-sensing technology based on fibreoptics.
WEX Pharmaceuticals Inc. says Michael Chen has resigned as interim CFO for personal reasons. Chen took the position in August on a part-time basis while the company conducted a search for a permanent CFO. Chen will continue to serve on WEX's board.
The company's search for a permanent full-time CFO is ongoing.
With its head office in Vancouver, WEX (TSX:WXI) is focused on the development and commercialization of drugs primarily for pain management.
Starfire Minerals Inc. has appointed Dan Mosher as president, director and CEO.
He replaces acting interim president Boyce Butler, who will continue to hold the positions of director and CFO.
Mosher worked with the company (TSXV:SFR) as a consultant for several months prior to his appointment.
Based in Vancouver, Starfire is a junior exploration company focused on the exploration of prospects for uranium and nickel in two Canadian provinces.
Ron Stuber has joined the energy and infrastructure group at Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (Vancouver) after spending the majority of his career at law firms in London, England.
FMC is a national business law firm with more than 550 lawyers.
An international disaster expert has joined EmergeX Planning Inc. as senior VP.
Dean Monterey brings 28 years of experience in the fields of emergency management and medical service, fire service and environmental protection.
Based in Vancouver, EmergeX is one of Canada's largest emergency management companies.
- with files from The Canadian Press
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