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American Vanadium Appoints Ron Espell as Vice President, Environmental
American Vanadium Appoints Ron Espell as Vice President, Environmental Vancouver, British Co...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nAmerican Vanadium Appoints Ron Espell as Vice President, Environmental\n\nAmerican Vanadium Appoints Ron Espell as Vice President, Environmental\nVancouver, British Columbia CANADA, April 03, 2012 /FSC/ - American Vanadium Corp. (TSX.V: AVC) (OTC: AVCVF.PK),announces the appointment of Mr. Ron Espell to the position of Vice President, Environmental of American Vanadium effective immediately.  \nMr. Espell has more than 25 years of domestic and international experience in the mining industry, most recently with Barrick Gold as Corporate Environmental Director with responsibilities for new project development, permitting, and financing, environmental oversight of operating mines, and the development and implementation of Environmental Management Systems. Externally Mr. Espell defined permitting strategies and helped negotiations with regulatory agencies for permitting while developing companion internal compliance assurance programs to support the permitting, approvals and financing process.  \n\"Given Ron's tremendous depth of experience, we are excited to have him lead the permitting of our Gibellini Mine in Nevada,\" said Bill Radvak, President and CEO of American Vanadium.  \"Together with Mike Doyle, our Executive Vice President, Operations, we are building a top class operating team.  As our mine and corporate strategy is built on green energy, sustainability, and environmental leadership, it is critical that we continue to attract the key people to achieve our goals.\" \nPreviously Mr. Espell held roles within Barrick as Environmental Manager at Barrick's Goldstrike Mine and Environmental Director for the Barrick Australia Pacific and African Regions. Throughout his career he has worked on mining projects around the globe in all aspects including mine design for closure, mine waste management, mine water management, multidisciplinary risk assessments and environmental geology.\nBefore joining Barrick, Mr. Espell was with the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, where he helped develop and implement Nevada mining environmental regulatory programs.  He helped shape Nevada's programs for mining while permitting many of the largest mines in the state.  Mr. Espell worked very closely with the BLM and US Forest Service in developing the MOU's to integrate state...