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Ready Set Gold Announces the Passing of Robert Middleton
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 23, 2021) - Ready Set Gold Corp. (CSE: RDY) (FSE: 0MZ) (OTC Pink: RDYFF) ("Ready Set Gold" or the "Company") announ
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[{"type":"text","content":" Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 23, 2021) - Ready Set Gold Corp. (CSE: RDY) (FSE: 0MZ) (OTC Pink: RDYFF) (\"Ready Set Gold\" or the \"Company\") announced today that our VP Exploration, Robert (\"Bob\") Middleton, P.Eng., passed away on November 19th, 2021, in Thunder Bay, Ontario at the age of 77. Our Company wishes to extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and his many business associates. \"We at Ready Set Gold, and our industry as a whole, have lost a giant in Bob Middleton,\" said Christian Scovenna, President & CEO of RDY. \"Though we only got to work with Bob on limited time his site visit to our project opened our eyes to possibilities only someone like Bob could have seen. We are all saddened by this great loss to our entire industry. Bob will be sorely missed. Many will follow in his footsteps, but few will fill his shoes.\" Robert was a highly accomplished Geologist, Geophysicist, and Professional Engineer (P.Eng.), registered in Ontario. He has more than five decades of field work, mine discoveries, and company building experience. Robert encompassed the formation of seven junior mining companies and set-up projects in 40 countries with the most recent project located in Namibia. He was credited with putting the Penhorwood Talc Mine into production for Steetley Minerals Canada Ltd. in 1977 and played a role in putting seven other mines into production. Robert's discoveries included the Bell Creek Mine in 1979 and the Golden Giant (Hemlo) Mine in 1982, which he co-discovered with Bruce Durham. He has completed acquisition-focused economic reviews of most gold mines in North and Central America and has undertaken more than 25 feasibility studies during his career.A pioneer in Geology-Geophysics, Petrochemistry, Petrology, remote sensing, airborne resistivity, and gravity program sciences, Robert's technical firsts included: The first Geophysicist for the Ontario Department of Mines; introducing the gravity mapping program for Ontario; completing the first airborne resistivity survey and map of the sand and gravel deposits in Uxbridge and Whitchurch Twp.; completing the first airborne Geophysical surveys and airborne Geochemistry surveys in the Sturgeon Lake area; and subsequently, becoming the first to complete such surveys around the globe. Mr. Robert \"Bob\" Middleton spent forty plu...