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Wesdome announces departure of senior officer
TORONTO, Apr 9, 2010 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX News Network) --
WesdomeGold Mines Ltd (WDO: TSX) ("Wesdome" or the "Company") has announcedtoday that Benoit Laplante, Vice President, Operations, has informedthe Company of his resignation effective April 15, 2010. Mr. Laplantewill provide consulting services to effect a smooth transition andcontinuity of projects. Mr. Laplante joined Wesdome in 2004 and hasserved as the Vice President, Operations since 2007.
DonovanPollitt, President and CEO, commented "I would like to thank Benoit forhis significant contributions to the Company. His efforts anddedication have been important factors in Wesdome's success in recentyears. A search is currently underway for a suitable replacement."
ABOUT WESDOME
Wesdomeis an established Canadian gold producer with wholly-owned mining andmilling complexes located in Wawa, Ontario and Val d'Or, Québec.Wesdome has been producing gold continually for 20 years on an unhedgedbasis and to date has produced in excess of 1.0 million ounces. TheCompany has 100.6 million shares issued and outstanding and trades onthe Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "WDO".
This newsrelease contains "forward-looking information" which may include, butis not limited to, statements with respect to the future financial oroperating performance of the Company and its projects. Often, but notalways, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use ofwords such as "plans", "expects", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled","estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", or "believes" orvariations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases,or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could","would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved.Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results,performance or achievements of the Company to be materially differentfrom any future results, performance or achievements expressed orimplied by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statementscontained herein are made as of the date of this press release and theCompany disclaims any obligation to update any forward-lookingstatements, whether as a result of new information, future events orresults or otherwise. There can be no assurance that forward-lookingstatements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and futureevents could differ materially from those anticipated in suchstatements. The Company undertakes no obligation to updateforward-looking statements if circumstances, management's estimates oropinions should change, except as required by securities legislation.Accordingly, the reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance onforward-looking statements.
SOURCE: Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd.
Donovan Pollitt, P.Eng., President or Shelly John, Manager, Investor Relations, 8
King St. East, Suite 1305, Toronto, ON, M5C 1B5, Toll Free: 1-866-4-WDO-TSX, Phone:
(416) 360-3743, Fax: (416) 360-7620, Email: invest@wesdome.com, Website:
www.wesdome.com
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