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Ely Gold appoints Chief Operating Officer and V.P., Engineering & Mining
Ely Gold appoints Chief Operating Officer and V.P., Engineering & Mining
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nEly Gold appoints Chief Operating Officer and V.P., Engineering & Mining\n\n\n Jun. 2, 2009 (TheNewswire.ca) -- Ely Gold & Minerals Inc. (the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Carrington to the position of Senior Vice President, Operations and Chief Operating Officer (COO). He graduated from the Mackay School of Mines and Geology and is a Registered Professional Geologist and a Registered Engineering Geologist. He brings over thirty years of experience in the minerals industry to Ely's management team with a unique blend of startup, production and exploration experience.During his career, Mr. Carrington has worked throughout North, Central and South America, Australia, the Caribbean Basin and Fiji. He began his career as an underground mine geologist at the Independence Mine in the Battle Mountain District of Nevada and was later Chief Geologist at the New Savage Mine in Virginia City, Nevada, a combined underground and open pit mining and milling operation. More recently, he was actively involved in the definition, design, permitting and operation of the Lucerne (1993) and the Billie the Kid (2003) open pit - heap leach gold - silver mines near Virginia City, Nevada and was a consultant to Santa Fe Minerals Co. during the discovery and delineation of the Rabbit Creek Mine, now the Twin Creeks Mine operated by Newmont Gold.Mr. Carrington has held executive positions in many public and private companies during his career. Most recently he was CEO and Director of Gold Canyon Resources Inc. (TSXV:GCU) He currently is President and Director of Colombian Mines Corporation (OOTC:CMBPF) (TSXV:CMJ) a TSX.V listed junior company active in Colombia, and serves on the Advisory Board of General Metals Corporation (OTCBB:GNMT) a US listed exploration and development company. Mr. Carrington is a principal of Centennial Minerals Corporation and Gold Range Company, which own royalties on the Company's Mt. Hamilton Property in Nevada.The Company is also pleased to announce the appointment of Murray Hampton to the position of Vice President, Engineering & Mining. He graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1963 as Bachelor of Applied Science in Geological Engineering. Mr. Hampton has a wealth of experience in exploration and mining operations, and is credited for bringing Faro group of ore deposits in...