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Unigold Appoints Mr. Gordon Babcock as Chief Operating Officer
TORONTO, Dec. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Unigold Inc. (“Unigold” or the “Company”) (TSX-V:UGD; OTCQX: UGDIF; FSE:UGB1) is pleased to announce the appointment
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[{"type":"text","content":" TORONTO, Dec. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Unigold Inc. (“Unigold” or the “Company”) (TSX-V:UGD; OTCQX: UGDIF; FSE:UGB1) is pleased to announce the appointment of Gordon Babcock, P.Eng. as Chief Operating Officer (“COO”). Mr. Babcock will be responsible for supervising all engineering and technical activities of Unigold Inc. and it’s operating subsidiaries as Unigold moves towards development of its Candelones Project. Mr. Wes Hanson, the current COO of the Company, will assume the role of Vice-President of Exploration and continue to be responsible for the exploration activities at the Company’s flagship Neita Concession. Joseph Hamilton, Chairman and CEO of Unigold, comments, “I am excited to welcome Gordon into the senior management team at Unigold. We are fortunate to have been able to attract someone with Mr. Babcock’s exceptional skills and experience developed over 35 years in operations and project management. Mr. Babcock will be instrumental completing the feasibility study for the Oxide Project at Candelones and demonstrating how the Sulphide Project can be developed to integrate into the long-term plans for the Candelones deposits. We look forward to working with Gordon as we move through this transformative phase for Unigold. \"I would like to thank Wes Hanson for his role in pushing the Candelones deposits towards development. Wes has been involved with Candelones for the past 8 years and has been instrumental in developing the geological concepts that will carry the project forward. Mr. Hanson will assume responsibility for the Company’s exploration efforts in addition to the geology support that will be required as the Sulphide Project is assessed. I look forward to continuing to work with Wes as the Company turns its attention to the larger Nieta Concession and the assessment of 15 high priority targets that have been identified through our regional exploration work.” Mr. Babcock is a mining executive with over 35 years of experience in mine management in both underground and open pit operations, project development, engineering, exploration and mine consulting in precious, base metals and aggregate operations in the Americas. He has been involved with new operations, asset optimizations and strategies for stakeholder engagement in Peru, Chile, Brazil, Honduras, Spain, Bolivia, Argentina, the U.S.A and Canada. M...