Morgain Minerals Inc. (TSXV:MGM) has appointed Darren Koningen, P.Eng., as vice-president of engineering and Richard Adams, P.Eng., as VP of corporate development.
Koningen comes with more than 15 years of global experience in the mining and metals industry. Adams also has more than 15 years of industry experience, most recently as VP of mining at a merchant bank.
Morgain is a resource exploration company with a number of precious and base-metal properties in Mexico. Its corporate office is in Vancouver.
Geostar Metals Inc. (TSXV:GOS) has a new name, a new stock symbol and a new chief financial officer.
The company has received regulatory approval to change its name to Skana Capital Corp. (TSXV:SKN) to better reflect its business nature.
Michael Reimann has agreed to serve on an interim basis as Skana's CFO. Reimann was previously CEO of Geostar, but recently resigned that position.
Vancouver-based Skana carries on business as a merchant bank that invests in oil and gas and other resource-based opportunities.
Donner Petroleum Ltd. has hired an oil and gas management team as it moves to change its name to Crocotta Energy Inc.
Rob Zakresky becomes president and CEO; Nolan Chicoine becomes VP of finance and CFO; Terry Trudeau becomes VP of operations and COO; Rick Sereda becomes VP of exploration; Weldon Dueck becomes VP of business development; Helmut Eckert becomes VP of land; and Kevin Keith becomes VP of production.
The new executives were previously officers and directors of Chamaelo Exploration Ltd., which became a subsidiary of Kereco Energy in October 2006.
Donner is a junior oil and gas company with head office in Vancouver.
Kalimantan Gold Corp. Ltd. (TSXV: KLG) has made some changes in management responsibilities. In addition to his duties as deputy chairman, Rahman Connelly has been appointed chief executive officer. He replaces Doris Meyer, who will remain a director and CFO.
Kalimantan explores for copper and gold in Indonesian Kalimantan. Its corporate office is located in White Rock.
Energy Metals Corp. (TSX:EMC) has promoted Gordon Peake to VP of lands for Energy Metals Corp. US.
Energy Metals is a junior miner focused on bringing its U.S. uranium property portfolio toward production. Its head office is in Vancouver.
IGC Resources Inc. (TSXV:IGC) has promoted its exploration manager, David Holden, to CEO. He takes over that position from Clive Hartz, who remains president and chairman of the board.
Based in Summerland, IGC is focused on gold, copper and uranium prospects in Australia.
Angus Reid Strategies has hired a VP of telecommunications. Julie Horne will be based in the Calgary office. Prior to joining Angus Reid Strategies, she was a VP for a global research company.
Headquartered in Vancouver, Angus Reid Strategies is a full-service market research consultancy with other offices in Toronto and Montreal.
Coast Wholesale Appliances Income Fund (TSX:CWA.UN) says Harlow Burrows is retiring as president and CEO of Coast Wholesale Appliances LP at the end of 2006.
Burrows, who has served as president since the household appliance business started in 1978, will continue on the fund's board of trustees.
He will be succeeded by Blain Lawson, who previously was VP of Hbc Home.
The Vancouver-based fund is an unincorporated, open-ended trust created to hold a 65-per-cent indirect interest in Coast Wholesale Appliances LP.
Greg Watkin, VP of operations for Epic Data International Inc. (TSX:EKD), has left the company. Responsibility for the operations group has been reassigned within the company's restructured management team.
Based in Richmond, Epic Data provides enterprise mobility services that connect mobile personnel to central offices in real time.
Meridex Software Corp. (TSXV:MSC) has appointed Matthew Dion as president and CEO. He replaces Intesar Ramley, who will now assume the role of chief technology officer. Dion comes from Apparent Networks where he was VP of marketing. Meridex provides workplace management software. Its corporate office is in Richmond.
Pyng Medical Corp. (TSXV:PYT) has named David Christie as CEO. Christie was most recently CEO of Innervision Medical Technologies Inc.
Richmond-based Pyng sells an intraosseous infusion system that is an alternative to conventional IV infusion.
Chemokine Therapeutics Corp. (TSX:CTI), a biotech firm developing therapies to treat cancer, blood disorders and vascular diseases, has named Bashir Jaffer as CFO.
Jaffer was previously CFO of Veridicom International Inc.
Chemokine's head office is in Vancouver.
Photon Control Inc. (TSXV:PHO) has promoted Ivan Melnyk to chief operating officer. Melnyk joined Photon in 2000 and was most recently senior VP and CTO.
Burnaby-based Photon develops photonic sensors for measurement and control for a variety of industries.
The Prince Rupert Port Authority has made four appointments.
Shaun Stevenson becomes VP of marketing and business development. He joined the PRPA in 1998.
Lorne Keller has been appointed to the new position of VP of project development, with primary focus on the development of the port's physical infrastructure.
Andrew Hamilton has joined the port as the manager of business development. Hamilton has a background in financial analysis, marketing and business development in the Vancouver region.
Gary Paulson has joined the port in the new position of director of operations and security. He brings more than 25 years of related experience with the Canadian navy.
Cameron Muir has become chief economist for the British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA).
In this new position, Muir will provide analysis and forecasting for residential Multiple Listing Service markets and the provincial economy.
Muir, who became a realtor in 1986, previously held the position of senior market analyst for the B.C. region with the CMHC.
The BCREA represents 12 member real estate boards on all provincial issues. Its office is in Vancouver.
Grenville Gold Corp. (TSXV:GVG) has named Paul Gill its president and CEO. Gill joined the Grenville board of directors in October 2006.
He replaces Bradley Kitchen, who has resigned as an officer and board member.
Vancouver-based Grenville is a junior resource company in the process of acquiring prospective properties in Peru and Ecuador.
The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Winter Games (VANOC) has added a new executive team member.
David Guscott becomes VANOC's executive vice-president of corporate strategy and government relations on Dec. 15.
Guscott comes from the Province of Ontario, where he is currently deputy minister of communications and special projects.
The 2010 Olympic Winter Games will be staged in Vancouver and Whistler, Feb. 12-28, 2010, followed by the Paralympic Winter Games, March 12-21.
Kimber Resources Inc. (TSX:KBR, AMEX:KBX) has initiated a search for a new CEO as current president and CEO Robert Longe prepares to ease out of active management.
Vancouver-based Kimber is advancing a Mexican gold-silver deposit toward production.
Roger Baer has joined West Hawk Development Corp. (TSXV:WHD) as its chief financial officer and corporate secretary. He has also been appointed to the boards of West Hawk Development and its subsidiary, West Hawk Energy (USA) LLC.
Baer, a CMA, comes to West Hawk from Newmont Mining Corp., where he was director of corporate accounting.
West Hawk provides energy products from a variety of sources. Its head office is in Vancouver.
Precision Assessment Technology Corp. (TSX:PDT) says Michael Chen has agreed to join the company as CFO. Most recently Chen was the CFO of Spur Ventures.
At the same time, Kelly Wyatt Lee has been hired as company controller, based in the California office. She was previously a controller at another drilling services company.
Vancouver-based Precision provides drilling services for site assessment and remediation and ground-water assessment, and utility installation in the U.S.
Mike Hilton has resigned his roles as president and COO of Visiphor Corp. (TSXV:VIS) for personal reasons. He will remain with the company during a transition period.
Jame Healy, formerly VP of consulting services, has also resigned.
Visiphor software products and services integrate business processes and databases. Its head office is in Burnaby.
ESO Uranium Corp. (TSXV:ESO) has named Kurt Bordian to the position of CFO. Bordian has more than 15 years of experience in the financial and accounting fields, the last 10 with a number of publicly traded companies.
ESO, a Vancouver-based mineral resource company, is exploring for uranium in the Athabasca Basin in Saskatchewan.
Following its acquisition of Glamis Gold Ltd., Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G, NYSE:GG) reports that Ian Telfer, former president and CEO of Goldcorp, has been appointed chairman of Goldcorp; Kevin McArthur, former president and CEO of Glamis, has been appointed a director, president and CEO of Goldcorp; Charles Jeannes, former executive VP of administration, general counsel and secretary of Glamis, has been appointed executive VP of Goldcorp; and Doug Holtby, former chairman of Goldcorp, has been appointed vice-chairman and lead director.
Based in Vancouver, Goldcorp is a multimillion-ounce gold producer with operations throughout the Americas and Australia.
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