This post was originally published on this site.Equinox Gold (TSX, NYSE-A: EQX) will hand the CEO job to Orla Mining’s Jason Simpson on Nov. 1, reversing a leadership plan set when the companies agreed to merge in May. The all-share merger valued at about $18.5 billion (C$25.4 billion) with Orla closed Friday, creating a six-mine producer forecast to turn out 1.1 million oz. of gold a year. Its Canadian core assets includes Greenstone near Geraldton, more than 1,100 km by road northwest of Toronto. “Building Equinox Gold into a senior producer has been the privilege of my career,” Hall said...

This post was originally published on this site.Hercules Metals (TSXV: BIG; US-OTC: BADEF) has recruited the management team behind Arizona Sonoran Copper’s $1.4 billion sale to Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) to push the Leviathan copper discovery in Idaho toward development. George Ogilvie will become president and CEO Sept. 1, joined by six former Arizona Sonoran executives in finance, legal affairs, permitting, investor relations and resource geology. Founder Chris Paul will shift to senior vice-president of exploration and remain a director. Leviathan sits near Cambridge, about two hours by road from Boise, the state capital. “The project has now grown...