Gatos Silver Announces Executive Appointments
June 28 2022 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
Gatos Silver, Inc. (NYSE/TSX: GATO) (“Gatos Silver” or the
“Company”) is pleased to announce the appointments of André van
Niekerk as Chief Financial Officer effective July 1, 2022 and James
Woeller as Vice President, Corporate Development and Business
Improvement effective July 16, 2022.
André brings over 23 years of progressive experience with an
excellent track record of success in the mining industry. Mr. van
Niekerk joins Gatos Silver from Nevada Copper Corp., where he
served as Chief Financial Officer since 2020. He was instrumental
in helping to transition Nevada Copper from a development asset to
an operating mine and led several successful equity offerings and
debt restructurings. Previously, Mr. van Niekerk was Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer at Golden Star Resources, an
established gold mining company that operates in Ghana. During his
14 years at Golden Star, André progressed through various key
operational and financial roles with a constant focus on business
improvement and value creation. Mr. van Niekerk began his career at
KPMG in South Africa and Denver in various advisory and audit
roles. He holds bachelor’s degrees in accounting from both the
University of South Africa and University of Pretoria. André is a
Certified Public Accountant.
André will be responsible for directing all the Company’s
activities related to financial matters and will be a key member of
the executive team in helping to set the Company’s overall
strategy.
Gatos Silver is also pleased to announce the addition of James
Woeller as Vice President, Corporate Development and Business
Improvement. Prior to joining Gatos, James served as Director,
Strategy and Business Analysis at Teck Resources Limited. James is
an experienced mining professional with over 10 years of
progressive experience in strategic, commercial, and financial
planning roles, including numerous corporate development roles and
more than three years as the business development manager on Teck’s
QB2 project where he advanced numerous optimization initiatives and
was the in-country lead on the successful partnering process of a
30% stake to Japanese partners. Mr. Woeller holds a Bachelor of
Applied Science (Mining) from Queen’s University and a Master of
Science in Mineral Economics from the Colorado School of Mines.
James holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
"I am delighted to welcome André to the Company as our new CFO,"
said Dale Andres, Chief Executive Officer of Gatos Silver. "André
brings demonstrated leadership and extensive financial,
operational, and strategic experience to this important role.
Combined with the appointment of James, Gatos Silver has
significantly strengthened the executive team. André and James will
be a huge asset to Gatos Silver as we enter our next phase of
optimization and growth and further our mission to be a leading
silver producing Company.”
About Gatos Silver
Gatos Silver is a silver dominant exploration, development and
production company that discovered a new silver and zinc-rich
mineral district in southern Chihuahua State, Mexico. As a 70%
owner of the Los Gatos Joint Venture (“LGJV”), the Company is
primarily focused on operating the mine and mineral processing
plant at the LGJV’s Cerro Los Gatos deposit which started producing
in 2019. More than 85% of the approximately 103,087-hectare mineral
rights package has yet to be drilled, representing a highly
prospective and under-explored district with numerous
silver-zinc-lead epithermal mineralized zones identified as
priority targets.
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information currently available to management. Such statements are
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