Cerrado Gold Inc. (TSXV: CERT | OTCQX: CRDOF) has strengthened its executive team with the addition of Mr. Michael McAllister who has been appointed vice president of investor relations and Mr. Chris MacInnis who has been appointed as director of geology and resources for the company.
Mark Brennan, CEO and chairman commented “We are very pleased to welcome both Mike and Chris to the Cerrado team. We believe their expertise will enhance the Cerrado team capabilities as we continue to grow our gold production in Argentina and rapidly advance our Monte Do Carmo gold Project through the completion of a bankable feasibility by the end of May and the planned commence of construction later this year. As such, we are excited to incorporate additional expertise into the company to help us fulfil our aggressive but achievable timelines.”
Mike McAllister has over 19 years of experience working with public mining companies, the last 12 as a mining specialized investor relations professional. He most recently was with Superior Gold and prior to that Sierra Metals where he helped the company complete the dual US listing progress and helped see the company progress from a small to a mid-tier diversified producer.
Mr. McAllister also has worked at Avion Gold Corp., which was acquired by Endeavour Mining. Before working in investor relations roles, he worked at BMO Capital Markets in the Metals & Mining Group. Mike holds the Certified Professional Investor Relations (CPIR) designation completed at the Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario.
Chris MacInnis graduated from Saint Mary’s University in 2001 with a double major in Biology and Geology. For the last 15 years he has been working as a resource geologist, first with Datamine Canada (2006 – 2010) and then with SRK Consulting (2010 – 2017). In 2017 Chris joined and helped form GoldSpot Discoveries, where the team had multiple successes in exploration and resource growth for many clients across North and South America Chris helped grow GoldSpot from the initial seven members to going public on the TSX and employing approximately 90 geologists and data scientists. The company was recently acquired by ALS Labs.
Chris’ expertise includes solids modelling, geostatistics, resource estimation, performing project audits, and due diligence studies and he has authored multiple NI 43-101 compliant resource estimations. In addition, Chris is a Mentor for the M.Sc. in mineral resource estimation programme at Laurentian University and sits on the board of directors for the Ontario Professional Geological Association (PGO) as a “counsellor-at-large”.
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