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Halcones Precious Metals Announces Appointment of Ian Parkinson as CEO and Commencement of Drilling at Carachapampa Project in Chile
TORONTO, Jan. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Halcones Precious Metals Corp. (TSX – V: HPM) (the “Company” or “Halcones”) is pleased to announce that Mr. Ian Parki
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[{"type":"text","content":" TORONTO, Jan. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Halcones Precious Metals Corp. (TSX – V: HPM) (the “Company” or “Halcones”) is pleased to announce that Mr. Ian Parkinson will join the Company as Chief Executive Officer and Director commencing on February 1, 2023. Mr. Parkinson brings a wealth of mining and capital markets industry experience to the Halcones team. He has spent the past 16 years as a sell-side mining analyst for several leading brokerage firms on Bay Street including Stifel GMP, GMP Securities and CIBC World Markets. He has a bachelor’s degree in Earth Science from Laurentian University followed by a decade of geology and business development experience with Falconbridge and Noranda, which formed the foundation for his work as a mining analyst. He built on his geology base with experience in metals trading, metal marketing and business development at the corporate level. Mr. Paul Pint will resign as CEO at that time, but will continue as a member of the Board of Directors. The Company greatly appreciates Paul’s work as the first CEO of this new enterprise and looks forward to continuing to work with him as a Director. Larry Guy, Chairman of Halcones remarks, “We are thrilled to have a person of Mr. Parkinson’s caliber take a leadership position on our team. He brings strong capital markets as well as technical expertise stemming from his mining and mining analyst experience. He is a great addition to ensure the success of the Company.” Halcones also announces that diamond drilling is planned to commence on its Carachapampa Project (Figure 1) (the “Project”) in Chile on February 1, 2023. Initially, 2,000 meters of drilling is budgeted to evaluate two target areas, the Central Zone Target, and the Northwest Target, where field mapping and sampling has highlighted the presence of high-grade gold and silver mineralization in outcrop over extensive areas. The prospect is located approximately 180 km northeast of the city of Copiapo, which is one of the main mining centers in Chile. Access to the area is excellent year round and contains well maintained hard surface and paved roads, including a section of one of the international crossings into Argentina. Altitude on the property varies from 3,500 to 4,000 masl and the area can be worked all year. Further to the news release dated November 23, 2022, where the Company announ...