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Cassiar Gold Appoints Vernon Shein as Vice President of Exploration
Calgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - January 31, 2022) - Cassiar Gold Corp. (TSXV: GLDC) (OTCQ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Cassiar Gold Appoints Vernon Shein as Vice President of ExplorationCalgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - January 31, 2022) - Cassiar Gold Corp. (TSXV: GLDC) (OTCQX: CGLCF) (the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the appointment of Vernon Shein as its new Vice President of Exploration, effective February 2, 2022. A mining industry veteran with 39 years of exploration industry experience, Mr. Shein spent the last 18 years as Exploration Manager for Bema Gold Corp. and its successor company B2Gold, specializing in advancing exploration programs through Preliminary Economic Assessment, Feasibility Study and into production. Kaesy Gladwin will be retiring to pursue opportunities outside of the mining industry and will stay on as senior technical consultant to ensure a smooth transition and continuity of geological knowledge and insight.Mr. Shein holds a B.Sc., Specialization Geology, from Concordia University and has conducted exploration programs on gold and base metals projects located throughout Canada, South America, Russia and the Asia Pacific. While serving as Exploration Manager at B2Gold, projects that he has managed from exploration through to production include the Kupol Mine in Russia, the Jabali Mine in Nicaragua and the Montana open pit at the Masbate Mine in the Philippines. At the Kupol Mine, Mr. Shein oversaw the drilling and modeling of the deposit through Pre-Economic Assessment in 2004 and Final Feasibility in 2005. Mr. Shein also developed the Jabali Mine from an untested, previously mined prospect to a mineable reserve/resource in two years with mining commencing in 2013. In recent years, Mr. Shein oversaw exploration activities at the Masbate Mine which developed new reserves at the Montana and Pajo deposits. He also oversaw exploration at the Aurion/B2GOLD joint venture in Central Lapland, Finland, resulting in the discovery of the western extension of Rupert's Ikkari deposit. \"On behalf of the board and team at Cassiar Gold, I would like to extend our gratitude to Kaesy for his passion and dedication in carrying out two highly successful exploration programs over the past two years that have set us on a solid path for growth,\" stated Marco Roque, President and CEO of Cassiar Gold. \"We are thrilled to welcome Vern to the team as we look to embark on the most aggressive and ambitious exploration programs ever ...