BCGold Corp. (TSXV: BCG) has a new president and chief executive officer. Brian Fowler is a founding director of BCGold and had been BCGold's vice-president since October 2006.
Assuming the position of VP of corporate development is Freeman Smith, who played a role in the listing of BCGold.
Andrew Brown will be joining BCGold as manager of exploration. Brown was most recently employed at Bema Gold Corp.
Sacha Fernandes has joined the company as manager of corporate communications. She was previously senior manager of customer marketing at Pivotal Corp.
Based in Vancouver, BCGold Corp. is a new junior mineral exploration company focused on British Columbia and Yukon.
Keith Bittner has resigned as chief financial officer of Macro Enterprises Inc. (TSXV:MCR). Brian Trypka, the current chief executive officer, has been appointed as interim CFO until a permanent successor is appointed.
Frank Miles, president and chief operating officer of the company, has been appointed as CEO.
Macro specializes in pipeline and facility construction and maintenance. Its head office is in Fort St. John.
Richard Shuster has joined TrueStar Petroleum Corp. (TSXV:TPC) as president and chief operating officer.
Shuster, a petroleum engineer, brings more than 30 years of experience in management, engineering and business analysis.
TrueStar's interests include gas wells in Texas and a development licence in Guatemala. Its head office is in Vancouver.
First Uranium Corp. (TSX:FIU) says it's opening a Toronto office and has made two key hires.
Mary Batoff becomes vice-president legal, and secretary. She had been VP legal and secretary at a TSX-listed mining company since 2004.
Bob Tait becomes VP of investor relations. He had been president since 2005 of the Canadian Investor Relations Institute.
First Uranium completed its IPO in December. The Vancouver company is developing two uranium and gold projects in South Africa.
Victoria's Royal Roads University says Allan Cahoon, VP research and international for the University of Regina, will be the next president of Royal Roads University. Cahoon will take up his position at RRU on April 2, when he will also join the university's faculty of management as a professor.
Cahoon, who is currently interim president of the U of R, has been with that university since 2002.
RRU is a special-purpose university focused on applied and professional education, and distance education.
Eric Hogan has joined The Element Agency's Vancouver office as senior account executive. Hogan previously worked for Reputations Corp. as a communications consultant.
The Element Agency is a marketing communications services company.
Ron Ho, CA, has joined Strategic Nevada Resources Corp. (TSXV:SNS) as chief financial officer. Most recently Ho worked as an equity analyst at Raymond James Ltd.
Strategic Nevada is a junior resource company focused on a silver property in Idaho. Its head office is in Vancouver.
Cantronic Systems Inc. (TSXV:CTS) has appointed Mark Mandell as vice-president of sales and managing director of Qwiptech, a U.S. subsidiary.
Mandell was most recently general manager of sales and marketing for a plastic molding manufacturer, but was previously employed by Cantronic as VP of sales.
Coquitlam-based Cantronic sells infrared night-vision technology to military, government, commercial and residential customers.
Klondex Mines Ltd. (TSXV:KDX) says Robert Eadie has resigned as executive vice-president of the company to focus on his primary duties as president of Starcore International Ventures Ltd. Klondex is engaged in developing gold and silver properties in Nevada. Its head office is in Vancouver.
Lundin Mining Corp. (TSX:LUN) says Colin Benner is stepping aside as chief executive officer but will remain with the company as vice-chairman.
President and chief operating officer Karl-Axel Waplan will take the CEO title, while Joao Carrelo, currently in charge of operations in Portugal, becomes COO.
The company said Benner's decision to step aside was to consolidate its chief executives at Lundin's main operational office in Stockholm.
Vancouver-based Lundin is a mid-tier base metals mining company with a focus in Europe.
Eric Sager is taking on the role of executive vice-president for business development and corporate affairs at Zecotek Medical Systems Inc. (TSXV:ZMS).
Zecotek is a biophotonics technology company serving the medical industry. Its head office is in Vancouver.
Dejour Enterprises Ltd. (TSXV:DJE, DJE.WT) has named Phillip Bretzloff as VP and general counsel.
He brings more than 30 years of experience acting for oil, gas and energy companies.
Dejour is a Vancouver energy company focused on exploration and development of uranium, oil and gas.
Starfield Resources Inc. (TSXV:SRU) has a new president and CEO. Veteran mining executive André Douchane is currently chairman of North American Palladium Ltd.
Glen Indra has stepped down as president and CEO but will stay on as a director until the company’s next AGM.
Meanwhile, David Lewis, the company’s CFO, has had his role expanded to include that of corporate secretary.
Vancouver-based Starfield is an advanced exploration and development company focused on a property in Nunavut.
Perceptronix Medical Inc. has named Rohini Hira to the position of VP of sales and marketing.
For the past five years, Hira has consulted for the biotech and medical device industries in marketing and business development.
Perceptronix is a Vancouver-based, privately owned cancer detection and diagnostic products and services company founded in 1999 as a spinoff of the BC Cancer Agency.
High Ridge Resources Inc. (TSXV:HRR) has hired Adam Szybinski for the position of VP of exploration. Most recently, Szybinski served as chief geologist with Fairbank Engineering Ltd. and Nevada Geothermal Power Inc.
Vancouver-based High Ridge is focused on large-scale mining exploration projects, with three properties in B.C.
Stantec (TSX:STN; NYSE: SXC) has appointed Ray Pradinuk, senior associate with Stantec Architecture in Vancouver, to the new position of leader of healthcare research and innovation.
Stantec provides professional design and consulting services through more than 80 locations in North America and the Caribbean.
Patrick Hogan has joined the Vancouver office of David Aplin Recruiting as a senior consultant, recruiting in the information technology field.
Hogan has 25 years of high-tech experience, including running his own IT systems integration firm.
David Aplin Recruiting is a national full-service search firm.
Northern Freegold Resources Ltd. (TSXV:NFR) has appointed Corwin Coe as VP of exploration. Coe, who has been involved in the mining industry for more than 25 years, was previously an investment advisor at a brokerage firm.
Northern Freegold is a Vancouver-based resource exploration and development company focused on the Yukon.
Premium Exploration, Inc. (TSXV:PEM) has made some promotions in its executive suite.
Vanessa Bachman becomes CFO, Nancy Reardon becomes VP of exploration and Lisa Maxwell becomes VP of corporate development.
Bachman has worked as the company’s corporate secretary since March 2006. Reardon takes on her new duties along with her current positions as COO and a director.
Maxwell has worked as a consultant in corporate communications and marketing for the past 11 years.
Premium is a junior mining exploration company with head office in Vancouver.
Digital Dispatch (TSX:DD) has seen a number of changes to its executive team.
George Lipski joins as the new VP of research and development. He was previously president of Starvision Multimedia Corp.
Cliff Snelling is Digital Dispatch’s new VP of marketing and product management. He most recently served as the president of SmarTalk Technologies.
Raymond Fast is the new president of DD’s application service provider division. Prior to joining DD, Raymond was a founding member of Guardian Mobile Monitoring Systems Inc.
In other company moves, David Wang, chief technology officer, and Stephen Spiro, VP of operations, have resigned to pursue other interests.
Based in Richmond, Digital Dispatch is a worldwide provider of wireless data services for fleet and mobile workforce management.
Mediterranean Resources Ltd. (TSXV:MNR) has appointed Jag Sandhu as VP of corporate development. Sandhu was most recently VPof corporate finance for a mining exploration and development company.
Mediterranean Resources is focused on an emerging mineral region in northeastern Turkey. Its head office is in Vancouver.
Malcolm Ashford has joined PMI Gold Corp. (TSXV:PMV) as the mining company’s new VP of corporate communications.
Vancouver-based PMI says he brings an array of experience in business and economic development, strategic planning and customer service.
PMI is a junior gold exploration company focused on Ghana.
– with files from The Canadian Press
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