New President & CEO At Canamex
Canamex Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:CSQ) (FRANKFURT:CX6) is pleased to announce the appointment of Greg Hahn as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective March 10, 2011, taking the place of Basil Pantages. Mr. Pantages will remain on the Board of Directors of the Company.
Mr. Hahn is a Certified Professional Geologist and a geological engineer with more than 35 years of experience in exploration and mine development. He is a principal of Greg Hahn Consulting, LLC, a mining and geological consulting firm. Mr. Hahn was a founding director and shareholder of Marathon PGM Corp. in 2003, which was sold in November 2010 to Stillwater Mining Company for $170 million, and director, Interim President & CEO of Metalline Mining Company, where he was co-lead director on structuring a merger with a Vancouver-based entrepreneurial and mineral exploration group that resulted in an increase in Metalline's market cap from $20 million pre-merger a year and a half ago to +$140 million today.
From 1995 to 2007, Mr. Hahn was President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Constellation Copper Corporation, where he was instrumental in bringing the Lisbon Valley copper mine through permitting, engineering, financing, construction, and initial operation. Prior to Mr. Hahn's position with Constellation Copper Corp., he was Vice President for St. Mary Minerals Inc. for four years, examining investment opportunities in Latin America, and Chief Geological Engineer for CoCa Mines Inc. for five years, where he helped construct and operate two open pit heap leach gold and silver mines in the 1980s. He spent ten years previously with Noranda Inc. as an exploration and pre-development geologist. Mr. Hahn received a B.A. in Earth Sciences from Dartmouth College and an M.S. in Geology and Geological Engineering from Michigan Tech.
The Company welcome's Mr. Hahn's expertise as President and CEO.
Posted March 10, 2011
