Avino Mourns Death of Founder and Former CEO Louis Wolfin VANCOUVER - British Columbia mining and exploration icon Louis Wolfin, who founded Avino Silver & Gold Mines in 1968 and ran the company for over 30 years, died peacefully at his home on Friday,
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Avino Mourns Death of Founder and Former CEO Louis Wolfin
VANCOUVER - British Columbia mining and exploration icon Louis Wolfin, who founded Avino Silver &
Gold Mines in 1968 and ran the company for over 30 years, died peacefully at his home on Friday,
March 3. He was 85 years old.
Mr. Wolfin enjoyed an active, successful career in finance, exploration and mining and was highly
respected in the industry. He began his career in Toronto in the early 1950s, working in the brokerage
industry and learning from the ground up. He later moved to Vancouver to become an arbitrage trader
and then a broker. In 1960 he purchased a seat on the Vancouver Stock Exchange and opened his own
brokerage house. In the mid -1960s he helped fund a number of explo ration companies and eventually
opened Avino Silver in 1968, putting the Avino Silver Mine into production in 1974. The mine operated
continuously for 27 years. He retired from the Company in 2003.
“Lou was a pioneer and a driving force in the Vancouver mining scene through the Sixties, Seventies and
Eighties,” said Wolfin’s son David Wolfin who now serves as Avino’s President and CEO. “He built his
business on close relationships, bringing together a rich network of friends and associates in Mexico,
Canada and the United States. He will be missed by many, many people.”
In addition to Avino, Lou Wolfin also established Berkley Resources Ltd (now Berkley Renewables), Coral
Gold Resources Ltd, Levon Resources Ltd, Cresval Capital Corp and Bralorne Gold Min es Ltd. Over the
past 30 years, these companies have been responsible for a number of significant mineral discoveries in
North America.
A memorial service for Mr. Wolfin will be held Tuesday, March 7 at the Har El Synagogue in West
Vancouver beginning at 12:30 P.M.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
“David Wolfin”
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David Wolfin
President & CEO
Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd.
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