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Bonterra Announces the Appointment of Marc-Andre Pelletier to the Position of President and Chief Executive Officer
Val-d'Or, Quebec--(Newsfile Corp. - November 11, 2021) - Bonterra Resources Inc. (TSXV: BTR) ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Bonterra Announces the Appointment of Marc-Andre Pelletier to the Position of President and Chief Executive OfficerVal-d'Or, Quebec--(Newsfile Corp. - November 11, 2021) - Bonterra Resources Inc. (TSXV: BTR) (OTCQX: BONXF) (FSE: 9BR2) (\"Bonterra\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the upcoming appointment of Mr. Marc-Andre Pelletier as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the \"Appointment\") with a targeted effective start date of January 17, 2022 (the \"Effective Date\"). Mr. Pelletier will succeed Pascal Hamelin, who will be resigning on the Effective Date and will assist the Company through this transition. In addition, Mr. Pelletier has been appointed as a Director of the Company effective immediately.Marc-Andre is a professional mining engineer with over 25 years of experience, predominantly in underground gold mines. He was most recently the Chief Operating Officer at Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (\"Wesdome\") where he was instrumental in the production re-start of the Kiena Mine, only five years after the original discovery of the high-grade Deep Zone. Mr. Pelletier also contributed to the increase of production at the Eagle Mine to near 100,000 ounces per year through optimization works and exploration success. Prior to Marc-Andre's tenure at Wesdome, he was Vice-President of Operations at St Andrew Goldfields Ltd., where he successfully put three underground mines and one open pit mine into production in less than five years until its acquisition by Kirkland Lake Gold in 2016.The Company also announces that upon joining Bonterra, Mr. Pelletier will be reviewing all ongoing and planned exploration and development activities, including the preliminary economic assessment (\"PEA\") that is in progress. The Company expects to provide further updates in Q1 2022, after the review has been completed. In connection with this review, the Company has launched a formal search to add an experienced Vice President of Exploration to support Mr. Pelletier.Cesar Gonzalez, Executive Chairman of Bonterra commented: \"On behalf of the Board, I am very pleased to welcome Marc-Andre as the new CEO. He is an experienced executive with a successful track record of building and operating gold mines in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt. We are excited that Marc-Andre shares our vision of utilizing Bonterra's significant infrast...