Adventus Mining Corporation and Salazar Resources Limited announced the appointment of Skott Mealer as General Manager of Curimining S. A. in Ecuador, where he will immediately lead all on-site development, pre-construction, and stakeholder engagement activities for the Curipamba copper-gold project. Mr. Mealer will also join the Adventus Mining executive management team as a Vice President and Officer of the company. Mr. Mealer is a project and construction management professional with over 15 years successfully executing projects in the Americas, most recently with Kinross Gold Corporation over the last 10 years.

He is fluent in Spanish and English and has extensive project experience in Ecuador from his involvement with both major mines currently in operation within the country – the Fruta del Norte mine development while under Kinross ownership, and the Mirador mine while owned by Corriente Resources. Most recently, Mr. Mealer managed the restart of Kinross's La Coipa Mine in Chile and will relocate to Ecuador to lead the Curipamba project.