LAKEWOOD, Colo., June 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Pershing Gold
Corporation (NASDAQ:PGLC) (FWB:7PG1) ("Pershing Gold" or the
"Company"), an emerging gold producer, today announces the
appointment of D. Scott Barr
("Barr") to its Board of Directors.
Mr. Barr has more than 35 years of metallurgical and mine
operations experience. He was formerly an executive at
Newmont Mining Corporation ("Newmont") where he was most recently
involved with independent reviews and financial decisions for
various Newmont projects. Additionally, while at Newmont he was
responsible for technical, project and operations management
globally, with a specific emphasis on gold and copper deposits in
Nevada, Ghana, Australia, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Peru, and Bolivia.
Barr was also the Executive Vice President/COO and Technical
Advisor at Golden Star Resources Ltd., a mid-tier gold producer
with operations in Ghana. His significant operations
experience in Nevada includes
leadership positions with Independence Mining Company (previously
Freeport Gold Co.) where he was Vice President & General
Manger, Chief Metallurgist and Vice President of Process
Operations.
Barr holds a M.Sc. in Metallurgical Engineering from the Mackay
School of Mines from the University of Nevada,
Reno and B.S. degrees in Metallurgical Engineering and
Chemical Engineering from the University of Idaho. He
has served as a director on the board of Seabridge Gold Inc, since
2011, is an MMSA-Qualified Person, and is currently a member of
SME, CIM, MMSA and AICHE.
"We are very pleased by the addition of Scott to our Board of
Directors," commented Stephen D.
Alfers, Pershing Gold CEO and Executive Chairman. "His
extensive operations experience add to our current team of experts
and will add tremendous value as the Company progresses towards
production at the Relief Canyon Mine."
About Pershing Gold Corporation
Pershing Gold is an
emerging gold producer whose primary asset is the Relief
Canyon Mine in Pershing County,
Nevada. Relief Canyon includes three open-pit mines,
expanding adjacent open-pit-able gold deposits, and a
state-of-the-art, fully permitted and constructed heap-leach
processing facility. Pershing Gold is currently permitted to resume
mining at Relief Canyon under the existing Plan of Operations.
Pershing Gold's landholdings cover approximately 25,000 acres
that include the Relief Canyon Mine asset and lands surrounding the
mine in all directions. This land package provides Pershing Gold
with the opportunity to expand the Relief Canyon Mine deposit and
to explore and make new discoveries on nearby lands.
Pershing Gold is listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the
symbol PGLC and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol
7PG1.
www.PershingGold.com
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