TORONTO, April 11, 2016 /CNW/ - Wesdome Gold Mines
Ltd. (TSX: WDO) ("Wesdome" or the "Company") is pleased to announce
the appointment of Heather Laxton as
Corporate Secretary.
Ms. Laxton has 20 years of corporate secretarial, corporate
governance, and securities regulation experience with a focus on
the mining sector in Canada,
Europe, Russia and West
Africa. She has served in several senior management and
executive roles for companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange,
TSX Venture Exchange, London - AIM
and NYSE AMEX, most recently as Corporate Secretary with Kirkland
Lake Gold Inc. Prior to that, Ms. Laxton was Chief Governance
Officer and Corporate Secretary with Northern Gold Mining Inc.,
Governance Manager and Company Secretary with European Goldfields
Ltd., and Governance Manager and Corporate Secretary with High
River Gold Mines Ltd. During her career, she has been involved in
numerous transactions and financings, and has led the evaluation,
design, implementation and monitoring of governance programs for
several junior mining companies. Ms. Laxton began working as a
professional law clerk in multi-national law firms including Torys
LLP and Smith Lyons LLP. She obtained an honours diploma from the
Law Clerk Program at Seneca College and
completed the Canadian Securities Course (CSC) in 2000.
"We are very pleased to welcome Heather to Wesdome," said
Charles Page, Chair of the Board.
"Her extensive experience working with corporate boards in the
mining industry and her proven expertise in the area of governance
and compliance will greatly assist the Company as we manage our
continued growth."
ABOUT WESDOME
Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. is in its 28th year of continuous gold
mining operations in Canada. The Company is currently
producing gold at the Eagle River Complex located near Wawa, Ontario from the Eagle River and Mishi
gold mines. Wesdome's goal is to expand current operations at both
mines over the next four years through mill expansion and
exploration. Wesdome has significant upside through ownership of
its two other properties, the Kiena Mine Complex in Val d'Or, Quebec and the Moss Lake gold
deposit located 100 kilometres west of Thunder Bay, Ontario. These assets are
being explored and evaluated to be developed in the appropriate
gold price environment. The Company has approximately 118
million shares issued and outstanding and trades on the Toronto
Stock Exchange under the symbol "WDO".
SOURCE Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd.