A good bit of newsTORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Dec. 6, 2016) -Crystal Peak Minerals Inc. ("Crystal Peak" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:CPM)(CPMMF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Blake Measom as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Measom will replace Thomas Pladsen, who has served as the Company's Chief Financial Officer since August, 2015. Mr. Pladsen will remain as a director of the Company.
Mr. Measom has over 25 years of experience in mining and minerals finance. Prior to joining Crystal Peak, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Barrick Gold of North America, Inc., a subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corporation. With over $9 billion in revenues and with operations in North America, South America, Australia-Pacific, and Africa, Barrick is the world's largest gold company. There, Mr. Measom directed the accounting, finance, tax, compliance, IT, and supply chain functions for all North American operations. Prior to joining Barrick, he served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Kennecott Energy Company, a subsidiary of the Rio Tinto Group.
"I am thrilled to welcome Blake to the company," said Lance D'Ambrosio, Chief Executive Officer of Crystal Peak. "He brings a wealth of major-company experience to our project and sets us up perfectly to realize tremendous shareholder value as we move past the development phase and into construction and operation." Mr. D'Ambrosio added; "Also, I would like to thank Tom Pladsen for his extraordinary service to the company during his tenure as CFO. He has made, and will continue to make, significant contributions to our company and our project. I can say with absolute certainty that we would not be where we are today without his help and I'm very pleased that he'll continue to support us as a member of the board."
"I'm very excited to be joining the Crystal Peak team," said Blake Measom, the new Chief Financial Officer of the Company. "This is a great opportunity to join one of the best specialty fertilizer projects I've ever seen. I really look forward to taking Crystal Peak all the way into production."