Thunder Sword Resources Inc. (TSXV:THU) has appointed mining industry veteran Peter Cowdery as its vice-president of exploration.
Thunder Sword explores for uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin in Saskatchewan. Its head office is in Richmond.
Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. (TSX:PTQ) has made Tony Ricci its interim chief financial officer. Ricci is a CA with more than 19 years of practice experience.
Petaquilla's former CFO, John Watt, has resigned to focus on Sarbanes-Oxley compliance issues for other clients.
Petaquilla is a Vancouver-based exploration company developing a copper/gold deposit in Panama.
Landmark Oil & Gas Corp. (TSXV:LMK) says Robert Keenan is no longer the company's president and chief executive officer. His replacement is Gerard Gauthier.
In other company changes, Keith Watts has been named VP of public relations and Brian Choboter the VP of investor relations.
Kelowna-based Landmark is a natural gas-focused explorer and producer.
Coastal Contacts Inc. (TSX: COA) has appointed Glen Kayll as vice-president of international operations.
Kayll comes from PMC-Sierra Inc., where he was company treasurer.
Vancouver-based Coastal sells contact lenses via direct-to-consumer online marketing.
NaiKun Wind Development Inc. (TSXV:NKW) has hired Matthew Burns as VP of commercial operations.
Burns previously worked for the Vancouver International Airport Authority, where he was a director within the operations department.
NaiKun Wind Development has been engaged in wind-energy development off coastal British Columbia since 2001. Based in Vancouver, it is a wholly owned subsidiary of NaiKun Wind Energy Group.
Roger Walsh has joined Jinshan Gold Mines Inc. (TSX:JIN) as VP of corporate development.
Walsh was previously a VP of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., which owns about 48 per cent of Jinshan's shares.
Jinshan is a Canadian mining company focused on the exploration and development of gold projects in Asia. Its corporate office is in Vancouver.
Great Basin Gold Ltd. (TSX:GBG, AMEX:GBN) has hired Zelda Smit as chief financial officer. She previously was treasurer of Harmony Gold Mining Co.
Vancouver-based Great Basin has two gold projects under way.
Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. (TSX:SSY, Nasdaq:SSPI) has made some changes to its senior management team.
Pascal Spothelfer has resigned as Spectrum's president and CEO. He will continue to serve on the board of directors.
Spothelfer has been replaced by Brent Flichel, who also becomes a member of the board.
Elena Kinakin has become VP of finance, CFO and company secretary. She was most recently director of finance.
Douglas Atterbury has become VP of engineering. He joined Spectrum in June 2006 as director of engineering.
Leonard Pucker has been promoted from chief technology officer to CTO and VP of corporate development.
Burnaby-based Spectrum supplies software-defined platforms for defence electronics applications.
Intrinsyc Software International, Inc. (TSX:ICS), a mobility software and services company, has named Mark Johnston to the role of VP and GM for worldwide sales and technical marketing.
Johnston joins Intrinsyc as a 22-year Intel Corp. veteran, the last 10 years spent in management positions.
Intrinsyc is headquartered in Vancouver, with regional offices in Washington state, Singapore, Birmingham, U.K., and Barbados.
BC Place has announced the promotion of three staff members to newly created executive positions. Brian Griffin has been promoted from manager of operations to director of operations. Graham Ramsay is promoted to director of business development. Bob Starkey, formerly manager of human resources and labour relations, is now director of business administration.
Vancouver's BC Place, a 60,000-seat multi-use facility, is a division of PavCo, a Crown corporation of the Province of British Columbia.
Primary Metals Inc. (TSXV:PMI) has appointed Donald Smith its CFO and secretary. Smith brings more than 30 years of experience in financial management.
Vancouver-based Primary Metals owns a tungsten mine in Portugal.
Bijan Sanii has joined INETCO Systems Ltd. as CEO. Sanii comes to INETCO from UB Video, where he served as executive chairman.
Sanii takes over from company founder Angus Telfer, who will assume the role of CTO. INETCO develops network communications and monitoring software for payments transactions. Its corporate office is in Burnaby.
Aldridge Minerals Inc. (TSXV:AGM) has a new CFO.
Kim Evans also becomes the company's corporate secretary. Evans has provided financial and management services to companies for 10 years.
Vancouver-based Aldridge is active in the exploration and development of gold and base metal projects in Turkey.
Trading Post Financial Services has appointed the following to its management team: Douglas Sereda, CEO; Jason Goldsmith, president; Peter Schriber, CFO; Johan Arnet, chief technology officer; Jennifer Kellogg, VP of administration; Rish Koya, VP of trading and development; Samuel Araki, VP of marketing communications; Steven Croft, VP of business development; and Jeffrey Gruber, VP of brokerage operations.
Based in Vancouver, TPFS teaches investors to trade the foreign currency market, and is broadening its brand to include brokerage operations and managed funds.
David Aplin Recruiting has made two hires in its Vancouver office. Tricia Hazelwood has left her role as branch manager for a competitor to join Aplin as a senior consultant in accounting and finance.
As well, Barb Collum, who was also a manager at a competing firm, has joined Aplin to take on recruiting duties in the area of office administrative personnel. Headquartered in Edmonton and in business for 32 years, Aplin is one of Canada's largest full-service recruiting firms.
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