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Newlox Gold Appoints UN Renowned Gold Recovery Specialist as VP of Operations
Vancouver, BC, 13 - TheNewswire - January 2022 - Newlox Gold Ventures Corp. (“Newlox” or the “Company”) (CNSX:LUX.CN) (Frankfurt/Stuttgart:NGO) (OTC:NWLXF) is p
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[{"type":"text","content":"Vancouver, BC, 13 - TheNewswire - January 2022 - Newlox Gold Ventures Corp. (“Newlox” or the “Company”) (CNSX:LUX.CN) (Frankfurt/Stuttgart:NGO) (OTC:NWLXF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Wilmer Ñiquen as VP of Operations for the Company. Mr. Ñiquen became operational lead engineer at the Company’s first environmentally and socially responsible gold recovery plant (Plant 1) at the end of 2021. Additionally, he oversees the construction of the Company’s second processing plant in Costa Rica, the Boston project, and will be instrumental in Newlox’s planned expansion into the Brazilian market. Wilmer Ñiquen brings over 24 years of experience as a metallurgical engineer who has successfully built, optimized, and operated numerous precious metals production facilities in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Brazil. His specialties include gravimetric ore concentration, flotation, chemical leaching, carbon elution, Merrill–Crowe recovery, smelting, refining, as well as wastewater and tailings management. Mr. Ñiquen has been recognized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as an International Expert in Mineral Beneficiation following work undertaken in Colombia and Peru in collaboration with the United Nations and US State Department. He is also, fortunately for Newlox, familiar with Brazilian mining, having served as the Technical Manager of the MULTIFLOTACAO Project, a 1,000 tonne per day facility in Mato Grosso State, Brazil. At Newlox Gold, Mr. Ñiquen’s is ramping up operations at Project 1. Recently he reviewed the operational performance and identified necessary improvements required to maintain high precious metals recovery through completion of the ramp-up to full-scale. A comprehensive laboratory investigation triggered a combination of changes to the milling circuit and an enhanced reagent cocktail to increase throughput while maintaining excellent efficiency. Mr. Ñiquen and his team are implementing the Plant 1 ramp-up and executing the necessary changes. To resolve the availability of supplies, the Company sourced the necessary materials in December of 2021. Newlox has ordered the supplies from multiple sources, with some of the required reagents already delivered and large reserve amounts being stockpiled on site. Others are currently en route to Newlox Gold’s operations. Management is p...