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Yukon Gold Corp. Appoints New Management and Directors
Yukon Gold Corp. Appoints New Management and Directors
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nSep. 28, 2009 (Canada NewsWire Group) -- TORONTO, Sept. 28 /CNW/ -- Yukon Gold Corporation, Inc. (\"Yukon Gold\" or the \"Company\") (OTCBB: YGDC) (Frankfurt: W8Y) is pleased to announce that it has appointed Douglas H. Oliver, Ph.D., MBA as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. The Company's Board also appointed Paul W. Pitman, BSc., P.Geo. as its new Vice President - Corporate Development and Exploration. Both Mr. Oliver and Mr. Pitman have also been appointed to fill vacancies on the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Guerra, Jr., former CEO and President, will remain as a Director of the Company.Dr. Oliver has over twenty years of experience in mineral exploration for major mining companies, junior exploration companies and independent consultants. He was the Chief Operating Officer of the Hemis Companies and, in that capacity, assembled and managed an exploration staff with projects in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Peru. His key projects for the Hemis Companies involved gold, silver, copper, molybdenum and uranium. He has held significant positions with Tenneco Minerals, Occidental Minerals, US Steel and Exxon Minerals. Dr. Oliver has twelve years of teaching experience at the university level, including courses in Physical Geology, Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology, Mineralogy and Economic Geology. Dr. Oliver holds a Ph.D. in Geology from Southern Methodist University, an MBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor's degree in Geology from Rutgers University. Dr. Oliver is 58 years old.Mr. Pitman has been continuously active in the mineral industry since the early 1970s. From graduation to 1983 he worked for three major companies; Gulf Minerals, Union Minière of Belgium and BP Canada. He has since consulted to over 60 junior resources companies through PWP Consulting Co., a full-service geological firm active in base and precious metal exploration, diamonds and uranium prospection. He was the founder of both Ur-Energy Inc., a TSE listed Co. and Aura Silver Resources Inc (TSX-V listed) acting as President and Director to 2007/08 respectively. He has served as a Director and/or officer of several other junior explorers as well as currently acting as VP Exploration to Ur-Energy and remaining as a geological advisor to Aura Silver. He holds a bachelor's degree in Geology from...