Fortress Minerals Corp. has appointed Ron Hochstein as its new president and chief executive. He has been a board member at Fortress since 2004.
Hochstein replaces Steve Swatton, who left the firm to become head of business development at BHP Billiton World Exploration Inc.
Vancouver-based Fortress (TSXV:FST) is a junior exploration company focused on the discovery of precious and base-metal deposits in Central Asia.
John North is the new president and CEO for Inimex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He has been executive vice-president of R&D at the company for the past year.
Vancouver-based Inimex is a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of new medicines based on the innate immune response.
Madison Pacific Properties Inc. (TSX:MPC), a Vancouver-based real estate company, has named a new president and COO. Alan Firth assumes his new posts on July 11.
Raymond Heung, the current president and chief executive, will remain the CEO after July 11 for a period of time to support the transition.
Firth has been with a national real estate firm for more than 15 years, most recently as associate VP.
Canarc Resource Corp. (TSX:CCM, OTCBB: CRCUF) has beefed up its management team.
Bruce Bried joins Canarc as VP of mining. Since 2003, Bried has served as a mining consultant to Kinross, Canarc and Endeavour Silver Corp. He will split his time between Canarc and Endeavour on an as-needed basis.
James Moors moves from exploration manager to become VP of exploration.
Philip Yee, previously finance manager and controller, adds the position of CFO to his responsibilities.
Canarc is a gold exploration and mining company headquartered in Vancouver.
True North Gems Inc. (TSXV:TGX) has appointed Greg Davison as VP of exploration. Davison has been working with True North since May 2004. He's the manager of Davison and Associates, consulting geologists and mineralogists.
Based in Vancouver, True North Gems is engaged in the exploration and development of North American coloured gemstone deposits.
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