RICHMOND, BC, Aug. 22 /CNW Telbec/ - Tagish Lake Gold Corp. (TSX.V - TLG) is pleased to announce the appointment of Stuart L. Green as General Manager - Operations, responsible for moving the Skukum Creek gold/silver deposit to production. Mr. Green brings 30 years of mining experience including some 15 years of underground operations, with narrow vein mining and gold/silver processing experience. He has managed all aspects of mining operations including permitting, feasibility, production (mine & mill), and reclamation. Previous experience has been with Kinross Gold USA as a Project Manager, St Andrews Goldfields as General Manager, and for 11 years, with BHP-Billiton where his last position was Executive Manager - Mine Technical Services at the Ok Tedi Mine in Papua New Guinea.
Mr. Green graduated with honors from Montana Tech, Butte, Montana with a B,Sc. Mining Engineering degree.
"We are pleased to have a person with Mr. Green's experience and qualifications to build the Tagish operations team. He has an important role to fill in advancing the Skukum Creek Deposit to production" stated Robert Rodger, President of Tagish Lake Gold Corp.
About Tagish Lake Gold Corp.
Tagish Lake Gold Corp. explores for and develops high grade gold-silver mineral deposits in the Yukon Territory of Canada. The Company is currently focused on its wholly owned, 178 km2 Skukum Mineral District located 80 km by road south of Whitehorse. The Skukum Mineral District hosts the Skukum Creek gold-silver deposit, the Goddell Gully gold deposit and the Mt. Skukum gold deposit.
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