Chesapeake Announces Appointment of Chief Financial Officer
Chesapeake Announces Appointment of Chief
Financial Officer
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 27, 2021) - Chesapeake Gold Corp. (TSXV: CKG)
(OTCQX: CHPGF) ("Chesapeake" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Erick
Underwood as Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") to its senior management team.
Mr. Underwood brings over 25 years of international experience in accounting, financial management
and corporate development in the mining industry including 14 years while being based in Chile and
Peru. Most recently, Erick was the Finance Director at Cia. Minera Zafranal SA owner of the Zafranal
copper project ("Zafanal") in southern Peru (Teck Resources Ltd. and Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
joint venture).
Previously, he was the Chief Financial Officer of AQM Copper Inc., a TSX-V listed
company where he contributed to the development of the Zafranal project and subsequent sale of AQM
Copper Inc. to Teck Resources Ltd.
Mr. Underwood has also worked as an independent Business Planning consultant to several major
mining companies including Newmont-Barrick (Norte Abierto), Marcobre (Mina Justa) and Teck
Resources Ltd. (Highland Valley Copper). His prior experience also includes senior management
positions with Cia. Minera Antamina and BHP Billiton Base Metals. Erick played key roles in securing
approval for investment projects such as Highland Valley Copper ($475 million mine extension and mill
modernization), Antamina ($1.3 billion 130,000 tpd expansion) and Spence ($950 million greenfield
project).
Mr. Alan Pangbourne, Chief Executive Officer, states, "We are very pleased to welcome Erick to the
executive team.
Erick's expertise and leadership with major project developments, operational analysis
and finance will be an enormous asset as we advance the development of our Metates project. The
Company also wishes to thank and recognize the efforts of
Sam Wong, who has led the Company's
finance function as CFO over the last nine years. We wish Sam continued success in his future
endeavours."
About Chesapeake
Chesapeake Gold Corp. is focused on the discovery, acquisition and development of major gold-silver
deposits in North and South America. Chesapeake's flagship asset is the Metates project ("Metates")
located in Durango State, Mexico. Metates hosts one of the largest undeveloped gold-silver-zinc
deposits in the Americas with over 18 million ounces of gold and over 500 million ounces of silver.
Chesapeake also has developed an organic pipeline of satellite exploration properties strategically
located near Metates. In addition, the Company owns 74% of Gunpoint Exploration Ltd. ("Gunpoint")
which owns the Talapoosa gold project in Nevada.
For Further Information:
For more information on Chesapeake and its Metates Project, please visit our website at
www.chesapeakegold.com
or contact Randy Reifel or Alan Pangbourne at 604-731-1094 or
at
.
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