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Rathdowney Announces Appointment of Mr. Dick Whittington as New President and CEO
Rathdowney Announces Appointment of Mr. Dick Whittington as New President and CEO ...
About this update from Rathdowney Resources Ltd.
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nRathdowney Announces Appointment of Mr. Dick Whittington as New President and CEO\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nVANCOUVER, March 1, 2019\n\n\n\nVANCOUVER, March 1, 2019 /CNW/ - Rathdowney Resources Ltd. (\"Rathdowney\" or the \"Company\") (TSX‐V: RTH) is pleased to announce that Mr. J.R.H. (Dick) Whittington has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Whittington will also be joining the Company's Board of Directors.\nMr. Whittington's distinguished career spans over 40 years with a select variety of mining companies in Canada, Mexico, Panama, Papua New Guinea and Australia. His experience encompasses senior executive and mine management roles that include numerous feasibility studies, mine evaluations, mine development, production, mergers and acquisitions and raising over $1.3 billion of major corporate financings.\n\"I look forward to assuming a leadership role with Rathdowney and participating in the growth of the Company as we advance the Olza project in Poland\" said new Rathdowney President and CEO, Dick Whittington. \"I have recently visited the Project Olza site to inspect the field work and review the drilling results, as well as meet with project consultants, and I am very impressed with the work that has been done to date,\" Mr. Whittington continued. \"Clearly, the foundations have been put in place to enable the Olza project to move forward through the permitting and development stage and, ultimately, to creating an international standard, first world mining operation. The strong results from the Preliminary Economic Assessment, coupled with recent strengthening market prices for zinc, lead and silver, make this an exciting opportunity to both build a mine and add to the social and economic capacity of Poland.\" \nAs former President and CEO of Farallon Mining, Mr. Whittington took the company from the discovery stage through to commercial production in less than four years. After guiding the Company through its impressive transition from a junior exploration comp...