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Excelsior Mining Hires New General Manager and Provides Operations Update
Phoenix, Arizona--(Newsfile Corp. - August 12, 2020) - Excelsior Mining Corp. (TSX: MIN) (FSE...
About this update from Gunnison Copper Corp.
[{"type":"text","content":"Excelsior Mining Hires New General Manager and Provides Operations UpdatePhoenix, Arizona--(Newsfile Corp. - August 12, 2020) - Excelsior Mining Corp. (TSX: MIN) (FSE: 3XS) (OTCQX: EXMGF) (\"Excelsior\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the hiring of Robert Winton as the new General Manager and Senior Vice President of the Gunnison Copper Project. In this role, Mr. Winton will be responsible for all facets of the mining operations at the Company's in-situ copper project in southern Arizona. \"We are very pleased that Robert Winton has joined our team; Excelsior will benefit from his proven track record of developing teams that exceed expectations, and in his ability as a senior mining executive to build a culture of personal empowerment and collaboration,\" said, President and CEO, Stephen Twyerould. Excelling in the areas of strategic planning and leadership, Mr. Winton brings to Excelsior over 20 years of management experience within the mining industry. Filling the General Manager position made vacant by the appointment of Mr. Greg Duschek as Interim CFO (see Excelsior news release dated April 9 - Excelsior Provides Operations Update), Mr. Winton was most recently the General Manager and President of Nyrstar Clarksville, where he was responsible for the Clarksville Smelter, which is a 130 kiloton zinc refinery located in Tennessee. From 1997 to 2016, Mr. Winton enjoyed a diverse and accomplished career with Hudbay Minerals, a diversified mining company that produces copper, gold, silver and zinc from several operations throughout North and South America. Most notably, from 2014 to 2016, Mr. Winton was Vice-President of Hudbay Minerals, Manitoba Business Unit; in this role he was responsible for an autonomous base-metal business unit that comprised three underground mines, three mills, a zinc refinery, and over 1,400 employees. Mr. Winton is a registered Professional Engineer; he graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering. Operations Update Despite continued uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company is preparing for an eventual restart with a targeted sustained production rate of 25 million pounds of copper per year. Excelsior has recently begun injecting acid solution into a limited number of wells and then recovering solution from ...