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Wesdome
Gold Mines Ltd. (WDO-TSX) is pleased to announce the appointment of
André Roy, P.Eng. as
Vice President Operations,
effective January 10, 2011.
Mr. Roy, a native of Val d'Or, Quebec is a Professional Engineer in Ontario
and Quebec who has worked in the
mining industry for 30 years. He has worked in all facets of management
and engineering for companies such as Aurizon Mines
Ltd., Pan American Silver, Glencore International,
Cambior Incorporated and Falconbridge Ltd. Additionally, he has worked
extensively in the consulting business for respected groups such as Genivar, Hatch, Klohn Crippen and Golder
Associates. This experience is viewed favourably
in light of the Company's array of high-quality Canadian gold-producing
assets.
Mr. Roy holds a B.Eng
and MASc in Mining Engineering from École Polytechnique in Montreal and an MBA from Concordia University.
Donovan Pollitt,
President stated "We welcome André's technical and management
experience as we move forward on a number of new internal growth
projects. Optimizing capital allocation, sound long term planning and a
focus on sustainable profitability will be key aspects going forward."
ABOUT
WESDOME
Wesdome
is an established Canadian gold producer with wholly-owned mining and milling
complexes located in Wawa, Ontario and Val d'Or, Québec. Wesdome has been producing gold continually for 20 years
on an unhedged basis and to date has produced in
excess of 1.0 million ounces. The Company has 101.1 million shares
issued and outstanding and trades on the Toronto
Stock Exchange under the symbol "WDO".
This
news release contains "forward-looking information" which may
include, but is not limited to, statements with respect to the future
financial or operating performance of the Company and its projects. Often,
but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of
words such as "plans", "expects", "is
expected", "budget", "scheduled",
"estimates", "forecasts", "intends",
"anticipates", or "believes" or variations (including
negative variations) of such words and phrases, or state that certain
actions, events or results "may", "could",
"would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or
be achieved. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from
any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements contained herein are
made as of the date of this press release and the Company disclaims any
obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
new information, future events or results or otherwise. There can be no
assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as
actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to
update forward-looking statements if circumstances, management's estimates or
opinions should change, except as required by securities legislation.
Accordingly, the reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements.
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