Discovery Silver Corp. (TSX-V: DSV, OTCQX: DSVSF)
(“Discovery” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the
appointment of Anthony (Tony) Esplin as Chief Operating Officer of
the Company.
Mr. Esplin has more than 30 years of experience
in the mining industry including over two decades of executive and
senior management roles at Tier 1 operations with Newmont
Corporation (“Newmont”) and Barrick Gold Corporation (“Barrick”).
Mr. Esplin has a demonstrated track record in developing and
operating large-scale mining projects across multiple jurisdictions
including Latin America.
Taj Singh, President and CEO, states: “Tony has
managed some of the industry’s largest and most profitable mines
and has an established reputation for delivering large-scale mine
builds and capital projects on time and on budget. In addition, he
also has a proven history of establishing positive working
relationships with community and government stakeholders, employees
and business partners.
“During his extensive career Tony has
predominantly worked at Tier 1 open pit mines; this provides a
strong endorsement of Cordero’s asset quality and also represents
an ideal fit with our plans to advance the project through to a
construction decision and beyond in the coming years.”
Most recently Mr. Esplin was Executive Managing
Director of Barrick Nuigini Ltd., a joint venture between Barrick
and Zijin Mining Group that operates the Porgera Gold Mine, an open
pit/underground operation in Papua New Guinea. In this role he was
responsible for managing all aspects of the joint venture,
including the consultation and negotiation process with
stakeholders to extend the Special Mining License.
Prior to this, Mr. Esplin was General Manager of
Newmont’s Merian Mine from 2016 – 2017. In this role Mr. Esplin
successfully managed the budgeted US$800 M mine build completion
and ramp-up to commercial production, on time and under budget.
Merian is an open pit mine in Suriname with a 12 million tpa CIL
process plant that produces +400,000 oz of gold on an annual
basis.
Mr. Esplin was also General Manager for the Batu
Hijau Mine from 2014 – 2016, a large open pit copper-gold operation
in Indonesia. Batu Hijau at that time was producing approximately
750,000 tonnes of copper/gold concentrate (+500,000 oz of gold)
annually via a flotation processing with a throughput rate of 40
million tpa. The operation was a joint venture between Newmont,
Sumitomo Corporation (“Sumitomo”) and various Indonesian
entities.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Esplin was General
Manager Operations at the Yanacocha Mine in Peru, one of the
largest gold operations globally, from 2009 – 2011, and played a
significant role in Yanacocha’s development over the decade prior.
Yanacocha at that time was jointly owned by Newmont, Compañía de
Minas Buenaventura and the International Finance Corporation. Mr.
Esplin was also General Manager at the Newmont’s Boddington Gold
Mine, one of Australia’s largest gold and copper producers, from
2011 – 2013, and the Jundee Gold Mine in Western Australia from
2013 – 2014.
Mr. Esplin is an Australian citizen who has
lived and worked in Latin America for more than a decade over the
course of his career and is fluent in Spanish.
The Company granted Mr. Esplin 1,000,000
incentive stock options (“Options”) on March 11, 2022, the date of
Mr. Esplin’s engagement by the Company, at an exercise price of
C$1.93 per share. The Options have a five-year expiry and will vest
annually in three equal tranches, with the first tranche
exercisable on the first anniversary of the grant date. Mr. Esplin
will commence working for the Company on April 4, 2022.
The Company has also agreed to grant Mr. Esplin
250,000 restricted share units (“RSUs”), each of which are
redeemable for one Discovery common share, or a cash payment in
lieu thereof, or a combination of cash and shares. One-half of the
RSUs will be redeemable on the issue date, April 4, 2022, and the
remaining one-half will be redeemable on the first anniversary of
the issue date.
About Discovery
Discovery’s flagship project is its 100%-owned
Cordero project, one of the world’s largest silver deposits. The
PEA completed in November 2021 demonstrates that Cordero has the
potential to be developed into a highly capital efficient mine that
offers the combination of margin, size and scalability. Cordero is
located close to infrastructure in a prolific mining belt in
Chihuahua State, Mexico. Continued exploration and project
development at Cordero is supported by a strong balance sheet with
cash of approximately C$70 million.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
Taj Singh, M.Eng, P.Eng, CPA President, Chief
Executive Officer and Director
For further information contact:
Forbes Gemmell, CFAVP Corporate
DevelopmentPhone: 416-613-9410Email:
forbes.gemmell@discoverysilver.comWebsite:
www.discoverysilver.com
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