Gatos Silver, Inc. Appoints Dale Andres as President
June 01, 2021 at 09:10 pm
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Gatos Silver, Inc. announced the appointment of Dale Andres as President, effective June 1, 2021. Mr. Andres will also assume the role of Chief Executive Officer for the Company’s wholly owned Mexican subsidiary, Minera Luz del Sol, effective June 1, 2021. Mr. Andres is one of the Americas’ most accomplished mining executives, with over three decades of experience in the resource industry, of which 25 years were distinguished by increasingly senior positions at Teck Resources Limited (“Teck”). During his tenure at Teck, Mr. Andres held extraordinarily wide-ranging and senior responsibilities encompassing both base and precious metals. These spanned multiple key executive positions including Senior Vice President, Copper; Vice President, Copper Strategy and North American Operations; Vice President, Gold and International Mining, and General Manager, Underground Mines. In his most recent position, as Senior Vice President, Base Metals, Mr. Andres was responsible for both the zinc and copper business units, including the development of Teck’s $5-billion Quebrada Blanca copper project in Chile and served as Chair of the Board of the Antamina joint venture in Peru.
Gatos Silver, Inc. is a silver exploration, development, and production company, which is focused on high-grade, large silver deposits in geopolitically stable jurisdictions. The Companyâs flagship asset is the Los Gatos District, including the Cerro Los Gatos Mine in Chihuahua, Mexico. The Companyâs Cerro Los Gatos Mine is located approximately 120 kilometers south of Chihuahua City in the heart of Mexicoâs silver belt. The Companyâs Los Gatos District consists of approximately 14 mineralized zones, including three identified silver-lead-zinc deposits: the Cerro Los Gatos Mine, the Esther deposit, and the Amapola deposit. The other 11 mineralized zones, with over 150 kilometers of outcropping quartz and calcite veins, have at least one mineralization intercept. The Cerro Los Gatos Mine includes approximately 103,000 hectares of mineral rights.