PR Newswire
VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 2, 2020
VANCOUVER, BC
,
Nov. 2, 2020
/PRNewswire/ –
Equinox Gold Corp.
(TSX: EQX, NYSE American: EQX) (“Equinox Gold” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that Dr.
Sally Eyre
will be joining the Company’s Board of Directors effective immediately.
Dr. Eyre is a mining finance professional with extensive experience in global resource capital markets and mining operations. She has held executive positions with a number of Canadian resource companies including serving as Senior Vice President, Operations at Endeavour Mining, responsible for a portfolio of resource exploration, development and production projects throughout
West Africa
, as President and Chief Executive Officer of Etruscan Resources, a gold company with producing assets in
West Africa
, and as Director of Business Development for Endeavour Financial. Dr. Eyre has a Ph.D. in Economic Geology from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College,
London
.
The Company also announces that Mr.
Peter Marrone
has stepped down from Equinox Gold’s Board of Directors as of
October 31, 2020
. Mr. Marrone continued onto the Equinox Gold Board of Directors following the Company’s merger with Leagold Mining in
March 2020
, serving as a director during the transition period and until a suitable replacement could be found.
Christian Milau
, CEO and a Director of Equinox Gold, commented: “Sally is a tremendous addition to Equinox Gold’s Board of Directors, bringing a wide range of global operations, technical, capital markets and corporate leadership experience. On behalf of the Equinox Gold team and Board of Directors, I welcome Sally to the Board and also thank
Peter Marrone
for his support and contributions this year.”
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SOURCE Equinox Gold Corp.
