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Wesdome appoints Chief Operating Officer
TORONTO , July 15, 2013 /CNW/ - Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd (TSX: WDO) is pleased to announce...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\nTORONTO, July 15, 2013 /CNW/ - Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd (TSX: WDO) is\n pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Philip Ng, P.Eng. as Chief\n Operating Officer effective immediately.\n\n\nDonovan Pollitt, President, stated \"We are very pleased to appoint\n Philip as Chief Operating Officer of Wesdome.  Mr. Ng brings over\n twenty years of technical, operational and management experience to\n Wesdome Gold Mines with substantial experience in narrow-vein mining. \n Philip's experience will be of great value to us going forward.\"\n\n\nMr. Ng is a Professional Engineer in Ontario who has worked in the\n mining industry for over 20 years.  Mr. Ng worked previously as Chief\n Operating Officer for Queenston Mining Inc., a Canadian exploration and\n development company, as well as Senior Vice-President of Mining\n Operations for Claude Resources Inc., a Saskatchewan based narrow vein\n gold producer.\n\n\nMr. Ng also worked previously with major mining companies, including\n INCO as Chief Mining Engineer at the Coleman McCreedy East Mine in\n Sudbury, and was also employed by Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting as\n Rock Mechanic Specialist/Mine Planner and Mining Engineer.  Mr. Ng\n holds a B.Eng. and an M.Eng. in Mining Engineering from McGill\n University in Montreal.\n\n\nABOUT WESDOME\n\n\nWesdome is in its 26th year of continuous mining operations in Canada.  It currently has two\n producing gold mines in Wawa, Ontario and owns the Kiena Complex in Val\n d'Or, Québec.  The Company has 101.8 million shares issued and\n outstanding and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol\n \"WDO\".\n\n\nThis news release contains \"forward-looking information\" which may\n include, but is not limited to, statements with respect to the future\n financial or operating performance of the Company and its projects.\n Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by\n the use of words such as \"plans\", \"expects\", \"is expected\", \"budget\",\n \"scheduled\", \"estimates\", \"forecasts\", \"intends\", \"anticipates\", or\n \"believes\" or variations (including negative variations) of such words\n and phrases, or state that certain actions, events or results \"may\",\n \"could\", \"would\", \"might\" or \"will\" be taken, occur or be achieved.\n Forward-looking statements invo...