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Dave Peck Appointed VP Exploration and Business Development for Grid Metals Corp.
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / January 13, 2020 / The Board of Directors of Grid Metals Corp. (T...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Dave Peck Appointed VP Exploration and Business Development for Grid Metals Corp.TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / January 13, 2020 / The Board of Directors of Grid Metals Corp. (TSXV:GRDM) ( the \"Company\") is pleased to announce that Dr. Dave Peck, Ph.D., P.Geo., has been appointed to the position of Vice President of Exploration and Business Development for Grid Metals Corp. Dr. Peck is a practicing Professional Geoscientist with over 30 years of experience with majors, mid-tier mining and junior exploration companies. His career focus has been on discovering, evaluating and developing magmatic platinum group metal (\"PGM\") and nickel-copper sulphide deposits. Dave has amassed a wealth of knowledge of global PGM and nickel-copper sulfide projects, mining districts and markets.From March 2012 to August 2014 he served as the Head of Exploration for North American Palladium Ltd. (\"NAP\") until recently the owner of the Lac des Isle deposit, Canada's only producing palladium mine. He was subsequently promoted to the position of Vice President, Exploration - a post he held until the end of 2019. Dave was one of the three officers on the senior management team that led the turnaround of NAP, culminating in its recent acquisition by Impala Platinum of South Africa for CAD $1.0 billion. From 2003 to 2009, he served as Global Nickel Commodity Leader for Anglo American plc‘s Exploration Division. Dave has extensive experience in designing and implementing exploration programs for PGM and nickel-copper deposits, business strategy, corporate financing, technical report writing and property valuations. The Company is confident that Dr. Peck's skills and experience will be invaluable in advancing the potential of the Company's portfolio of palladium, nickel and copper projects and in identifying and delivering valuable new opportunities. (Please refer to Dr. Peck's biography included in this release for more information.)Dr. Peck commented \"I am pleased to be joining Grid and have the opportunity to advance and augment its portfolio of high potential properties, all of which I have very strong familiarity with. I am specifically encouraged by the strong geological similarities between the East Bull Lake (\"EBL\") property and the Lac des Iles (\"LDI\") palladium deposit and look forward to applying the exploration approaches that have ...