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Wesdome appoints JP Chauvin to its Board of Directors
TORONTO, March 22, 2013 /CNW/ - Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd (TSX: WDO) ("Wesdome" or the "Compan...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\nTORONTO, March 22, 2013 /CNW/ - Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd (TSX: WDO)\n (\"Wesdome\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce that JP Chauvin has\n been appointed to Wesdome's Board of Directors.\n\n\n\"We are delighted that JP Chauvin has joined our Board of Directors\"\n said Brian Northgrave, Chairman.  \"Mr. Chauvin is highly respected and\n his experience as a mine operator is held in high regard within the\n mining industry.  Mr. Chauvin's extensive mine operating experience\n will be a significant asset to Wesdome.\"\n\n\nJP Chauvin is a senior mining executive who brings more than 30 years of\n underground mining and operations experience, as well as 10 years\n experience in the construction industry to Wesdome's Board.  Mr.\n Chauvin is a Professional Engineer in Ontario and has managed mining\n operations for several Canadian companies, taking increasingly senior\n positions, and has served as president and as an independent director\n for a number of Canadian mining companies. He has been involved in\n several mine start-ups in his career including the Isle Dieu Mine and\n reopening the Gaspé Copper Mine in 1988 for Noranda Minerals Inc., the\n dewatering and exploration program for the Island Gold Mine and the\n development of Cerro de Maimon Mine in the Dominican Republic.  Notable\n achievements in Mr. Chauvin's career include 9 years at the Golden\n Giant Mine in increasingly senior roles leading to General Manager of\n Canadian Operations for Battle Mountain Gold.\n\n\nWesdome's Board of Directors now consists of nine directors, of whom six\n are independent under applicable securities law.\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 101.9 million shares issued and\n outstanding and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol\n \"WDO\".\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 expe...