ROUYN-NORANDA, QC--(Marketwired - December 04, 2014) - Falco Resources Ltd. ("Falco") (TSX VENTURE: FPC) is pleased to announce that Mr. Claude Léveillée has been appointed Vice-President, Community Relations and Human Resources, based in Rouyn-Noranda. In this capacity, Mr. Léveillée will help formulate and lead the Company's community outreach and stakeholder engagement strategy.
"Falco is committed to developing an organizational culture that is accountable, transparent and respectful of the interests of the people of Rouyn-Noranda", said Mr. Trent Mell, President and CEO. "Claude brings extensive experience in community relations and human resources and he will play an important role on the senior leadership team."
Mr. Léveillée has served as the Company's community relations representative since April 2014. He has over 30 years' experience in community relations and human resources, of which 26 years were with Agnico-Eagle Mines. As Corporate Director, Human Resources - Organizational Development, Mr. Léveillée played a lead role in developing Agnico's policies and procedures for local and international operations and was a representative and spokesperson at both regional and provincial levels.
Falco is also pleased to announce that Vera Janakievski has joined the Company as Director, Investor Relations, based out of the Toronto Corporate office. Ms. Janakievski is an investor relations professional with seven years of experience in the gold mining industry.
About Falco
Falco Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: FPC) is one of the largest claim holders in the Province of Quebec, with extensive land holdings in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt. Falco owns 72,800 hectares of land in the Rouyn-Noranda mining camp, which represents 70% of the entire camp and includes 14 former gold and base metal mine sites. Falco's principal property is the Horne Mine Complex, which was operated by Noranda from 1927 to 1976 and produced 11.6 million ounces of gold and 2.5 billion pounds of copper. A maiden 43-101 mineral resource estimate for the Horne 5 deposit delineated an initial inferred resource of 2.8 Moz AuEq at 3.46 g/t AuEq (25.3 million tonnes grading 2.64 g/t Au, 0.23% Cu and 0.7% Zn, for 2.2 Moz Au -- see March 4, 2014 press release for details).
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