TORONTO, June 17, 2019
/CNW/ - Excellon Resources Inc. (TSX:EXN; OTC:EXLLF) ("Excellon"
or the "Company") is pleased to announce the
appointment of Ms. Anna Ladd-Kruger
as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President Corporate Development
effective June 26, 2019. Ms.
Ladd-Kruger is an accomplished finance executive with 20 years of
global experience in building and managing accounting systems,
improving financial reporting and internal controls and strategic
planning.
"Anna is a highly regarded industry executive with proven
success in building and growing businesses in the mining sector,"
stated Brendan Cahill, President and
Chief Executive Officer. "Her background and expertise will bring
added strength and perspective at an important time in our growth
cycle, as we continue to improve operations while advancing our
strategic objectives. The team at Excellon looks forward to
benefiting from Anna's expertise."
Ms. Ladd-Kruger was most recently the Chief Financial Officer of
Trevali Mining Corporation, a zinc-focused, base metals mining
company with four commercially producing operations in Africa, Canada and Peru. Anna was recruited as part of the
executive management team to grow the company from junior
exploration to a mid-tier base metals producer that reached over
$1 billion market capitalization on
the TSX. She has raised over $1 billion
dollars in debt and equity throughout her career in the
mining sector. Anna has also served as the Chief Financial Officer
on a number of Canadian publicly listed junior mining companies and
began her career as a Senior Financial Analyst for Vale S.A.'s
Thompson and Sudbury Canadian
operations before joining Cache Coal Corporation as Mine Controller
and then Kinross Gold Corporation as their North American Group
Controller. Ms. Ladd-Kruger currently sits on the board of
Integra Resources Corp. She is a Certified Public Accountant
(CPA, CMA), and holds a Masters in Economics and Bachelor of
Commerce from Queen's University and the University of British Columbia.
About Excellon
Excellon's 100%-owned Platosa Mine has been Mexico's highest-grade silver mine since
production commenced in 2005. The Company is focused on optimizing
Platosa's cost and production profile, discovering further
high-grade silver and carbonate replacement deposit (CRD)
mineralization on the 21,000 hectare Platosa Project and epithermal
silver mineralization on the 100%-owned 45,000 hectare Evolución
Property, and capitalizing on current market conditions by
acquiring undervalued projects in the Americas.
Additional details on the La Platosa Mine and the rest of
Excellon's exploration properties are available at
www.excellonresources.com.
SOURCE Excellon Resources Inc.