Post by
auburn2 on Sep 12, 2018 4:21pm
Remember, Doug Jones is at the helm
VANCOUVER, June 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - Alio Gold Inc (TSX, NYSE AMERICAN: ALO) ("Alio Gold" or the "Company"), announces that the Company has finalized the appointment of Doug Jones as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Jones will be responsible for operations at the Florida Canyon Mine in Nevada, USA and the San Francisco Mine in Sonora, Mexico. Paul Hosford, Vice-President Project Development, will continue to oversee the development of the Ana Paula Project in Guerrero, Mexico.
Mr. Jones is an experienced international mining executive with over 30 years within precious and base metal mining projects, operations and engineering, including more than 15 years in the gold space. Previously, he was the Chief Operating Officer at Rye Patch Gold which was acquired by Alio Gold on May 25, 2018. Prior to joining Rye Patch, he served as Senior Vice-President for Eldorado Gold, managing gold and base metal operations in Asia and Europe. He was the general manager for Kinross Gold in Washington and for Stillwater Mining in Montana. He also consulted for mining operations in South America, Asia and Europe. Mr. Jones spent ten years working in Nevada with Newmont on the Carlin Trend, and prior to that spent five years on various projects with Freeport-McMoRan at the Ertsberg/Grasberg properties in Indonesia. He is a Mining Engineer from Colorado School of Mines, a professional member of SME and a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101.