Transmitted by CNW Group on : June 1, 2011 09:25
Michael Maslowski Appointed Vice President, Exploration
TSX: GPD
www.goldenpredator.com
VANCOUVER, June 1 /CNW/ - Golden Predator Corp. (TSX: GPD) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael G. Maslowski as the Company's Vice President, Exploration (Canada) where he is charged with overall direction of the Company's Yukon exploration and development activities.
Michael G. Maslowski, BSc Geological Engineering
Mr. Maslowski brings 30 years of exploration and production experience to Golden Predator. As Assistant General Manager for Coeur d'Alene Mines's 6,000 tpd Palmarejo Mine in Mexico, Mr. Maslowski oversaw daily open pit and underground operations (including managing the work of 950 employees & on-site contractors as well as managing corporate and governmental communications). Under Mr. Maslowski's management the Palmarejo Mine grew from construction phase to sustained production, with silver and gold production rising from 350,000 to 600,000 oz and 7,000 to 10,000 oz per month, respectively.
Prior to his work on the Palmarejo Mine, Mr. Maslowski served as Director of Exploration for Coeur d'Alene Mines' operations in Mexico, United States and Tanzania, as Technical Services Manager and Chief Geologist for the Silver Valley Mine in Idaho, and as Chief Geologist and Exploration Geologist for Apollo Gold Corporation and Pegasus Gold Inc.
Mr. Maslowski holds a BSc in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and is a Certified Professional Geologist with the American Institute of Professional Geologists.
About Golden Predator Corp.
Golden Predator Corp., a well-funded exploration and development company, has a mandate to be the leading gold property explorer and developer in Yukon, Canada. Golden Predator has a vast Yukon property position with three advanced gold projects, 6 pipeline prospects, and extensive exploration landholdings, together comprising over 2,300 km2. Drilling continues at the Company's flagship Brewery Creek project. Commencing in June, 2011 Golden Predator will resume aggressive drill programs and work towards completing initial resource estimates for Grew Creek and Clear Creek and updating the existing resource estimate for Brewery Creek, in addition to conducting initial drilling at the recently acquired Harlan project.
No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein. This press release contains projections and forward-looking information that involve various risks and uncertainties regarding future events. Such forward-looking information can include without limitation statements based on current expectations involving a number of risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. There are numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and Golden Predator's plans and objectives to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking information. Actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. These and all subsequent written and oral forward-looking information are based on estimates and opinions of management on the dates they are made and are expressly qualified in their entirety by this notice. Except as required by law, Golden Predator assumes no obligation to update forward-looking information should circumstances or management's estimates or opinions change.