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Avidian Restructures Management to Capitalize on Experience of Directors and Officers
TORONTO, March 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Avidian Gold Corp. (TSX-V:AVG) (the “Corporation” or “Avidian”) is pleased to announce the following internal manage
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[{"type":"text","content":" TORONTO, March 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Avidian Gold Corp. (TSX-V:AVG) (the “Corporation” or “Avidian”) is pleased to announce the following internal management restructuring to capitalize on the strengths and experience of Directors and Officers that are currently active in the Corporation. The appointments focus on optimizing technical and financial strengths as well as increasing the Corporation’s profile in both the domestic & international markets. Effective March 20, 2018, Mr. James Polson, currently a Director of the Corporation, has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Polson is an MBA graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Richard Ivey School of Business and studied Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at both the University of Tasmania and Deakin University in Australia. Prior to his current posting he was CEO of a Hong Kong based Construction and Mining Services company and co-founder of AIDD Group. AIDD went on to become the leading international mining service group in the Northeast and Central Asian regions, offering a broad range of services from basic exploration drilling through to contract mining and HSE training and certification services. Mr. Polson, who resides in Hong Kong, will greatly enhance Avidian’s exposure to the far east and European markets as well as bring additional strength to the marketing, strategic vision and sustainability practices of the corporation. Mr. Dino Titaro, who resides in Toronto and is currently a Director, will remain as President and continue to oversee the corporate and technical aspects of the Corporation. Mr. Titaro is a geologist with an MSc degree in economic geology from the University of Western Ontario and has over 35 years of international experience in the mining and exploration sector as well as corporate public company experience. He is co-discoverer of two gold deposits; a European gold-copper deposit that contains a measured plus indicated resource of 7.1 Moz Au and 1.4 billion pounds of copper, that is in the permitting stage, and a 1.0 Moz gold deposit in Brazil that is currently in production. He is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and is registered as a P.Geo in Ontario. He currently sits on the board of directors of Yamana Gold Inc, a publicly listed TSX min...