Coeur Appoints Hans Rasmussen to Vice President of Exploration
September 09 2013 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
Coeur Mining, Inc. (the “Company” or “Coeur”) (NYSE: CDE, TSX:
CDM) today announced that Hans Rasmussen has joined the Company as
Vice President of Exploration effective September 9, 2013. Mr.
Rasmussen takes over the senior exploration role from Don Birak who
has served Coeur in that capacity since 2004.
“We are very pleased to have Hans join our executive team as
Vice President of Exploration,” said Mitchell J. Krebs, Coeur’s
President and Chief Executive Officer. “Hans brings extensive
experience as a geologist, geophysicist, exploration manager and
company executive. He has a proven record working with teams on
major discoveries in locations including Penasquito, Mexico;
Whistler, Alaska; and Lindero, Argentina,” he said. “I’d like to
thank Don Birak for his years of service and contributions to Coeur
as Senior Vice President of Exploration,” Krebs said.
Most recently Mr. Rasmussen served as President and Chief
Executive Officer of Colombia Crest Gold Corporation, a public
company with gold exploration in Colombia, Peru and Bolivia. Mr.
Rasmussen started his career working for major mining companies
including Newmont Exploration as a geophysicist searching for
sediment hosted gold deposits in the Great Basin, and the
Kennecott/Rio Tinto group where he was geophysicist and exploration
manager for North American projects, and later country manager of
Argentina and Bolivia. He has also served as a consultant for
senior producers such as Teck-Cominco and Quadra Mining, and on the
Board of Directors of junior exploration companies including White
Knight Resources, Mansfield Minerals, Pachamama Resources, Bonterra
Resources, Samaranta Mining, Golden Phoenix Minerals and Corazon
Gold. Mr. Rasmussen has a Master of Science in Geophysics from the
University of Utah, and Bachelor of Science degrees in Geology and
Physics from Southern Oregon University.
About Coeur
Coeur Mining, Inc. is the largest U.S.-based primary silver
producer and a growing gold producer. The Company has four precious
metals mines in the Americas generating strong production, sales
and cash flow. Coeur produces from its wholly owned operations: the
Palmarejo silver-gold mine in Mexico, the San Bartolomé silver mine
in Bolivia, the Rochester silver-gold mine in Nevada and the
Kensington gold mine in Alaska. The Company also has a
non-operating interest in the Endeavor mine in Australia. In
addition, the Company has two silver-gold feasibility stage
projects – the La Preciosa project in Mexico and the Joaquin
project in Argentina. The Company also conducts ongoing exploration
activities in Mexico, Argentina, Nevada, Alaska and Bolivia. The
Company owns strategic investment positions in eight silver and
gold development companies with projects in North and South
America.
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