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Farallon Announces Appointment of Chief Operating Officer
Kevin Weston appointed COO effective June 29th VANCOUVER, June 10 /CNW/ - Farallon Mining Ltd. ("...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nKevin Weston appointed COO effective June 29th\n\n\nVANCOUVER, June 10 /CNW/ - Farallon Mining Ltd. ("Farallon" or the\n"Company") (TSX: FAN) announces the appointment of Kevin Weston as Chief\nOperating Officer of the Company. The appointment will take effect June 29,\n2009. Farallon commenced commercial production at its G-9 mine on April 1,\n2009 and recently changed its name to Farallon Mining Ltd. in recognition of\nits new status as an operating mining company. This appointment is a\nreflection both of the Company's current position as a producer and a\ntestament to the rapid growth of the Company. The position will be located in\nVancouver, B.C., Canada.\n\n\nFarallon has successfully made the transition from an exploration company\nto a fully operational mining company in an extremely short period of time. It\nhas taken less than four years from the timing of the first discovery hole at\nG-9 to become a producing mining company. At the Company's Annual General\nMeeting held on May 22, 2009 in Vancouver, Farallon's President and CEO, Dick\nWhittington, announced the Company's new objective - to become a multi-mine,\nlow cost, mid-tier mining company. This new appointment will strengthen the\ncompany's management team as it embarks on this next phase of its corporate\ndevelopment.\n\n\nKevin Weston was most recently Vice President of Operations for Capstone\nMining. He successfully led the Sherwood Copper team that brought the Minto\nmine up to initial design capacity of 1,800 tpd and then successful expansion\nto 3,600 tpd with minimal capital and no Loss Time Accidents. More recently,\nKevin was instrumental in leading the Kutcho Creek Property acquisition and\ncoordinating development planning initiatives concurrent with his ongoing\noperating duties. Before working for Sherwood Copper (now Capstone Mining) he\nwas Vice President & General Manager with Breakwater Resources, responsible\nfor the Myra Falls base metal mine in British Columbia. Prior to that, Kevin's\nexperience included extensive experience in various mining operations in\nCanada and abroad, in both open pit and underground settings. Kevin is a\nMining engineer with over 25 years of experience and has a degree in Mining\nEngineering from McGill University. Kevin will bring his extensive operational\nexperience to bear, firs...