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Lahontan Gold Appoints Brian Maher Vice President - Exploration
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / March 13, 2023 / Lahontan Gold Corp. (TSXV:LG)(OTCQB:LGCXF) (the " Co...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Lahontan Gold Appoints Brian Maher Vice President - ExplorationTORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / March 13, 2023 / Lahontan Gold Corp. (TSXV:LG)(OTCQB:LGCXF) (the \"Company\" or \"Lahontan\") is pleased to announce that the Company has appointed Brian J. Maher Vice President - Exploration. Mr. Maher, a Founder of Lahontan, brings more than 45 years of exploration and mine development expertise to the Company.Kimberly Ann, Founder, President, CEO, and Director commented: \"The appointment of Brian as Vice President - Exploration enhances Brian's role with Lahontan. As a Founder of the Company, Brian is intimately familiar with all the Company's projects and is uniquely qualified to lead the technical team as we advance the Santa Fe Mine project. Our goals at Lahontan are straightforward: Build resources at Santa Fe, leading to a Preliminary Economic Assessment, that establishes the economic parameters for putting Santa Fe back into production while simultaneously advancing our other exploration projects.\"Brian Maher is an economic geologist with over 45 years of experience in the international mining and exploration industry. Prior to Lahontan, Brian was the President, CEO and Director of Prodigy Gold Inc. where he guided the company through a period of expansive growth, exploring and developing the 6.6M ounce Magino gold deposit in northern Ontario, culminating in the $341M acquisition of Prodigy Gold by Argonaut Gold in 2012. In 1982, Brian began a 16-year career with ASARCO Inc. exploring for gold and copper deposits in a variety of geologic environments throughout North and South America. From 1998 and 2004, Brian was Project Manager for Metallic Ventures Gold Inc., supervising underground and surface exploration, mine development, and operations at an underground gold mine in Nevada. In 2005, Brian joined Hochschild Mining PLC and was involved in all aspects of the company's North American exploration program, serving as the Exploration Manager for the US, Canada, and Mexico. From 2013 to 2022, Brian was the President and CEO of PPX Mining, developing, and operating a high-grade underground gold and silver mine in northern Peru. Brian is also the Managing Partner of KA Gold LLC, a private company with a portfolio of advanced gold-silver exploration projects in Nevada. Brian received his BA degree (Geology) from the California State...