Great Basin Gold Announces Appointments to Corporate and Hollister Management Teams
September 04 2008 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
VANCOUVER, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Great Basin Gold Ltd.
(TSX: GBG; AMEX: GBN; JSE: GB Gold) ("Great Basin Gold" or the
"Company") announces appointments of four staff members at its
offices in South Africa, USA and Canada. Phil Bentley will join the
Corporate Management team as Vice President: Ore Resources and
Geology, based in Johannesburg South Africa, Don MacKinnon as
Hollister Mine's Superintendent and Richard Yancey as Hollister
Mine's Chief Geologist, based in Nevada USA, and Michael Curlook
will join the Investor Relations team as the person responsible for
Investor Relations and Corporate Development and will operate from
Vancouver, Canada. Phil Bentley, a New Zealander by birth, will be
responsible for the exploration activities, the application of
geology and mineral resources at all the Great Basin Gold's
operations. Phil's qualifications include an MSc Mineral
Exploration and Geology. He has more than 27 years experience in
the mineral exploration and mining sector, much of it gained in
Sub-Saharan Africa and Australasia. Over and above core exploration
management and ore body evaluation skills, Phil has an ongoing
passion for unravelling the Geotectonic setting of mineral
provinces endowed in gold mineralisation. This specialisation in
gold mineralisation, coupled with Phil's understanding of African
metallogeny, will add value in Great Basin Gold's exploration
strategy. Phil is a registered South African Council for Natural
Sciences (SACNAS) professional. Don MacKinnon will join the
Hollister Mine team as Mining Superintendent. Don has more than 40
years of experience in the mining industry. He is a graduate from
the Haileybury School of Mines in Northern Ontario. Don comes to us
as a veteran with a wealth of knowledge having worked as Mine
Manager, General Manager and Vice President of Underground
Operations for Kinross Gold and Nuinsco Resources. Don has been
directly involved in the Ontario Mining Association as the director
and a member of the Advisory Board for the Haileybury School of
Mines. Don was the recipient of the "Business of the Year award
(over 50 people) for Northern Ontario" in 1997. He also received
the "Technologist Award for Community College in the Province of
Ontario" awarded by the Premier of Ontario in 1999. He is most
proud of his leadership roles in numerous community activities
which include the children's house in Timmins Ontario for Kinross
Gold. As Mine Manager, Don led several mines to receiving
significant safety awards like Angus D. Campbell which was awarded
three years in a row from 1995 to 1998. Richard Yancey will join
the Hollister Mine team as Chief Geologist. Richard has 20 years of
hard rock mine experience as an exploration and mine geologist. He
has a broad background in base metals, industrial minerals and
precious metals mining, having worked most recently at Barrick
Gold's Cortez Hills project in Nevada. He also was part of the team
that won the Sentinels of Safety award while working at the Doe Run
Company in the Viburnum Trend. He studied geology at the Missouri
School of Mines at the University of Missouri - Rolla and is a
member of the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration and has
served as an officer in the Nevada Geological Society. Michael
Curlook will head up investor relations and corporate development
activities in North America. He studied at the University of
Western Ontario. He has over 20 years of experience in investor
relations, sales and marketing. Most recently he represented
Farallon Resources Ltd. as Investor Relations Manager. Previously
he held the Business Development position for French Spy Clothing,
prior to that he was the Vice President Business Development,
Marketing and Sales for Commercial Diving Group, preceding that he
was Manager of Investor Relations for Stellar Metals Inc., and
earlier he worked with The Investor Relations Group. Born in
Sudbury, and having grown up as a third generation in the mining
industry working for INCO, he gained valuable hands on experience
that lends itself to communicating with all investors. Ferdi
Dippenaar, President & CEO stated "I welcome these individuals
to the Great Basin Gold team. They join at what can be described as
exciting and interesting times in the development of the Company."
Ferdi Dippenaar President and CEO DATASOURCE: Great Basin Gold Ltd.
CONTACT: on Great Basin Gold Ltd. and its gold properties, please
visit the Company's website at http://www.grtbasin.com/ or contact
Investor Services: Tsholo Serunye in South Africa 27 (0)11 301
1800; Michael Curlook in North America 1-888-633-9332; Barbara Cano
at Breakstone Group in the USA (646) 452-2334
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