Havilah Announces Appointment of Dr. Scott Anderson as Vice President, Exploration
Havilah Announces Appointment of Dr. Scott
Anderson as Vice President, Exploration
TORONTO
,
Sept. 5, 2018
/CNW/ -
Havilah Mining Corporation
(TSXV
: HMC
)
(
"Havilah"
or
the
"Company"
) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr.
Scott Anderson
as Vice President,
Exploration.
Scott brings over 25 years of experience in government geoscience, mineral exploration, academia
and independent consulting specializing in structurally controlled mineralization. He has worked for
major and junior mining and exploration companies in
Canada
and
Mexico
, including four years as
Senior Structural Geologist with Campbell Resources Inc. in
Sonora, Mexico
.
Most recently, Scott was the Chief Geologist of Precambrian Geoscience with the Manitoba
Geological Survey (the "Survey"). In his 17 years with the Survey, Scott's primary research focus
was to document the stratigraphic and structural controls on orogenic gold mineralization in the
Archean Rice Lake greenstone belt. This included a definitive study of the Rice Lake mining camp
near
Bissett, Manitoba
, site of Havilah's True North mine and mill complex ("True North"). Scott is a
registered professional geoscientist with Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba and an Adjunct
Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the
University of Manitoba
. He holds geology
degrees from the
University of Manitoba
(B.Sc., Hons, 1992) and
Dalhousie University
(Ph.D.,
1998).
Blair Schultz
, Chairman and Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, states "We are very
pleased to welcome Scott to Havilah. With his 17 years spent focusing on
Manitoba
, Scott brings a
deep understanding of the geology in the province and joined Havilah to focus on the Rice Lake
District. His extensive knowledge of the camp and surrounding properties are paramount to our
success."
Operational Update
:
Our team has currently re-logged approximately 75% of the Ogama-Rockland core, and are
expecting approval in September to drill our initial holes on the property. Pending those results, we
expect a comprehensive exploration program to be designed, and continue drilling in the late winter
or early spring.
About Havilah Mining Corporation
Havilah is a junior gold producer that owns the True North mine and mill complex currently processing
historic tails. In addition to operating True North in
Bissett, Manitoba
, Havilah owns approximately
43,600 hectares of land surrounding the 40 hectare package that True North is located. Havilah
believes their Rice Lake land package is a prime exploration opportunity to create a mining district
with a central milling facility. Also, the Company owns the Tully project in
Timmins, Ontario
. The
Company intends to focus on both organic growth opportunities and accretive acquisition
opportunities in
North America
.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Blair Schultz
Chairman and Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
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