Strategic Metals Ltd. (TSXV:SMD) has seen changes in its C-suite.

Douglas Eaton has assumed the roles of president and CEO and has been appointed to the board. Eaton at one time served as Strategic's COO. Meanwhile, Ian Talbot has taken over the role of COO, a position to which he brings more than 25 years of experience in the mineral exploration industry as both a lawyer and a geologist. Douglas Goss, an Alberta-based lawyer, has resigned as VP of business development and finance but has joined the board. Robert Carne has resigned as president and a director. James Stephen has resigned as CEO and a director, but has been retained as a consultant to the Vancouver-based company. Strategic is a junior miner specializing in generative exploration in northwestern Canada.

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Matthew Turner has assumed the role of CEO of Rockhaven Resources Ltd. (TSXV:RK). Turner supervised field work at Rockhaven's Plata Project in summer 2008. Ian Talbot has taken on the role of COO. Talbot is also president and CEO of Arcus Development Group Inc., and COO of Strategic Metals Ltd. Robert Dinning, an officer and director of four other mineral exploration companies, has accepted the position of CFO. James Stephen has resigned as CEO but will act as a consultant. Dinning and Talbot replace Douglas Eaton, who has resigned as CFO and COO to focus on Strategic Metals Ltd., which holds approximately 43 per cent of Rockhaven's shares. Vancouver-based Rockhaven explores for silver and gold in Canada.

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Pacgen Biopharmaceuticals Corp. (TSXV:PGA) has appointed Chung Yu Wang, current chairman and a director, as interim president and CEO. This follows the previously announced departure of Duffy DuFresne as president, CEO and board member. DuFresne becomes a consultant to Pacgen, which is a Vancouver life sciences company focused on treatments for infectious and inflammatory diseases. Pacgen recently entered into a letter of intent for a merger with Medigen Biotechnology Corp. of Taiwan.

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Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd. (TSXV:PEX) has named Lei Wang as CFO, replacing Jeannine Webb. Wang brings more than 10 years of international experience in the natural resource sector to the Vancouver company. PEX is currently focused on the discovery and development of phosphate in British Columbia.

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Canlan Ice Sports Corp. (TSX:ICE) says Grant Ballantyne will retire as president and CEO on Jan. 1, 2009 following a 10-year career with the company. He will be succeeded by Joey St. Aubin, currently Canlan's senior VP and COO. Canlan Ice Sports is one of the largest private-sector operators of recreational ice facilities in North America. Its head office is in Burnaby.

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MetroBridge Networks Inter-national Inc. (TSXV:MEB) has hired Connie Yip as controller and acting CFO effective immediately. Most recently, Yip was director of finance at DDB Canada. Christopher Morris, former CFO, has left MEB. Based in Vancouver, MetroBridge is a high-speed wireless broadband provider for businesses in Canada and the United States.

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Brook + Associates Inc., a development planning consultancy in B.C., has promoted Gary Pooni to president. Since Pooni's arrival at Brook in 2004, he has managed more than 50 major land development projects across B.C. Pooni is a partner in the firm along with founder Chuck Brook and Laurie Schmidt. The company is based in Vancouver.

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Wurldtech Security Technologies has hired Perry Pederson, former cyber-security director for the U.S.

Department of Homeland Security, as VP of Wurldtech Labs, the applied research and cyber-threat intelligence division of the company. Pederson joins Wurldtech from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Headquartered in Vancouver, Wurldtech provides cyber-risk and compliance management-security solutions to industrial automation industries worldwide.

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Western Lithium Canada Corp. (TSXV:WLC) has appointed Jay Chmelauskas as its new president. He was most recently president and CEO of Jinshan Gold Mines. The company also has appointed Dennis Bryan as senior VP of development. Bryan has for the past 12 months served WLC as a project consultant. Pamela Klessig has resigned as president but will continue to serve as a director of WLC, and as president and CEO of Western Uranium Corp., an affiliate of the company. Western Lithium is a mineral exploration and development company based in Vancouver.

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Timmins Gold Corp. (TSXV:TMM) has made Hallein Darby its senior VP of finance. Darby was most recently a director of client services at Pacific Opportunity Capital Ltd. She has been a director of Vancouver-based TMM since May of 2007. Timmins is focused solely on Mexico.

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Maury Kask has been appointed VP of marketing for Westminster Savings Credit Union (WSCU). Kask is a marketing veteran with more than two decades of experience. WSCU provides a full range of banking and wealth-management products and services through 11 retail branches in the Lower Mainland. It also has two leasing subsidiaries in Western Canada and Ontario.

- with files from The Canadian Press (E-mail notices and photos at least two weeks before publication date to news@businessedge.ca)