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Wesdome Gold Mines announces director nominees in connnection with annual meeting of shareholders
Wesdome Gold Mines announces director nominees in connnection with annual meeting of share...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nWesdome Gold Mines announces director nominees in connnection with annual meeting of shareholders\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\nWesdome Gold Mines announces director nominees in connnection with annual meeting of shareholders\nCanada NewsWire\nTORONTO, April 6, 2016\n\n\n\n\n \nTSX:WDO\n\n\n \n\n\nTORONTO, April 6, 2016 /CNW/ - Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX: WDO) is pleased to announce that the Governance and Nominating Committee has recommended, and the Board of Directors have approved, the director nominees that will stand for election at the Company's next annual meeting of shareholders (\"AGM\") to be held on May 17, 2016.\n\nDuncan Middlemiss, Don Njegovan and Bill Washington will stand for election at the AGM as new director nominees, while Charles Page, Nadine Miller, Rostislav Raykov, Barry Smith and Rowland Uloth will stand for re-election.\n\nMr. Charles Page, Chair of the Board, stated \"Pending the approval of our shareholders, we are excited to welcome Duncan, Don and Bill to the Board. Their combined experience in mining operations, engineering and finance will add strength as we advance Wesdome's growth at our Eagle River and Mishi gold mines.\"\n\nA brief biography of the new director nominees follows:\n\nDuncan Middlemiss was the President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of St. Andrew Goldfields Ltd. (\"SAS\") until its acquisition by Kirkland Lake Gold Inc. in January 2016. Mr. Middlemiss joined SAS in July 2008 as General Manager and Vice President Operations, later assuming the role of Chief Operating Officer. He was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer in October 2013. He earned a B. Sc. in mining engineering at Queen's University in 1989 and worked for Inco Limited (now Vale Canada Limited) as Mine Design Engineer until 1995. At that time, he joined Barrick Gold Inc. at their Holt-McDermott Mine, where he held the position of Chief Mine Engineer. In 2002 he joined Foxpoint Resources (now Kirkland Lake Gold Inc.) where he was instrumental in overseeing the rehabilitation, developme...