Great Panther has assembled an enviable position in the rich mineral wealth of Mexico, with some 22.5k acres of 100%-owned claims/concessions between just the flagship Guanajuato silver-gold mine complex and their Topia high-grade silver-lead-zinc mine, making it little surprise today that GPL announced they have tapped 24-year industry veteran geologist, Geoff Chater, for the company’s Board, along with two other key appointments to the Mexico management team’s senior personnel.
You can have a superb footprint of producing mineral assets like GPL, who is on track to churn out some 2.5M silver-equivalent ounces in fiscal 2013, but you still need the right personnel to make it all happen. Hence the significance of Chater joining the operation, as this B.Sc. Geology veteran has spent more than his fair share of time across North and South America, as well as Africa, gaining the kind of mining industry depth that will really help the GPL Board move the ball down the field operationally, especially considering his emphasis on the capital markets sector.
Chater is the principal over at esteemed capital markets relationship development, communications advice, corporate strategy, financing, and transaction related business development consultancy, Namron Advisors, and is also currently a Director at Bearing Resources, Kiska Metals, Lara Exploration, Luna Gold, and Reservoir Minerals. He comes to the Director role at GPL hot off a recent stint as President of Valley High Ventures Ltd., prior to which he headed up Corporate Relations for First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (1999-2008), serving with distinction in even earlier work at top industry names like Eldorado Gold Corp., Ivanhoe Capital Corp., and Nevada Pacific Gold Ltd.
In addition to this important Board expansion, GPL specifically beefed up the Senior Management Team for Mexico operations as well, tagging Guanajuato-based industry veterans Juan Manuel Flores (who alone has over 35 years in the game) and Cesar Epifanio, for the roles of VP Operations and VP SH&E (safety, health and environment) respectively. Flores brings another B.Sc. in Mining to the table and also holds a B.Sc. in Metallurgical Engineering, with a Master of Science in Mineral Economics. Epifanio brings an exceptional SH&E track record across many other companies to the table, along with a degree in Industrial Engineering, as well as one in Health and Safety.
This news comes fast on the heels of GPL’s Mexican subsidiary winning the “Socially Responsible Company” designation by leading Mexican authority CEMEFI (Centro Mexicano para la Filantropia) for the third straight year in a row, a status that the company is laser-focused on maintaining. Hard to imagine this up-and-comer failing to hold onto that distinction with such visionary appointment work to the company’s team going on.
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