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Excellon Announces Board and Management Changes
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Excellon Announces Board and Management Changes\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n TORONTO\n \n ,\n \n Oct. 25, 2021\n \n /CNW/ -\n \n Excellon Resources Inc.\n \n (TSX: EXN) (NYSE: EXN) (FRA: E4X2)\n \n (\"Excellon\" or the \"Company\")\n \n is pleased to announce the appointment of\n \n Jeff Swinoga\n \n as an independent director to the Board of Directors and Chair of the Audit Committee and\n \n Jorge Ortega\n \n as Vice President Exploration. The Company also reports the departure of\n \n Ben Pullinger\n \n as Senior Vice President Geology and Corporate Development to pursue an opportunity with a West African gold producer.\n \n \n \"Competition for people is one of the biggest challenges in our industry,\" stated\n \n Brendan Cahill\n \n , President and CEO. \"Ben has been a key part of our management team since joining Excellon in 2016 and has done an incredible job advancing our portfolio, including the acquisitions of our projects in\n \n Idaho\n \n and Saxony. We wish him the very best in his new role.\n \n Jorge Ortega\n \n has been leading our exploration in\n \n Mexico\n \n since 2018, after working on numerous projects in the Americas and\n \n Europe\n \n . He lives and breathes our approach to exploration. With Jorge now leading our exploration team as Vice President Exploration, we won't miss a beat as we advance exploration at Platosa,\n \n Kilgore\n \n and Silver City.\"\n \n \n Mr. Cahill continued, \"We're also very pleased to welcome\n \n Jeff Swinoga\n \n to the Board as an independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee. Jeff has had an exceptional career in the industry and will be a key player in our strategic development going forward.\"\n \n \n Mr. Ortega is a Professional Geologist with 30 years of experience in the mining industry. Prior to joining Excellon in 2018, he was Exploration Country Manager Mexico for Great Panther Silver, leading exploration efforts in\n \n Guanajuato\n \n and Durango, delineating the pre-production San Ignacio Mine res...