Halifax, Nova Scotia
� February 9, 2011� Brigus
Gold Corp. (�Brigus� or the �Company�) (TSX: BRD;
NYSE Amex: BRD) announces that Dana Hatfield will be appointed Chief
Financial Officer following the retirement of Melvyn Williams, the
Company�s current Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Hatfield will join Brigus� senior management
team in March 2011 and will initially work alongside Mr. Williams who will
remain with the Company through a transition period ending the second quarter
of 2011. Mr. Hatfield, who joins the Company after serving as Senior
Vice President, Finance, at Gammon Gold Inc. (�Gammon�), will be based in the
Company�s head office located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Brigus� President and Chief Executive Officer, Wade
K. Dawe, said, �Dana Hatfield is a high-calibre financial executive and we are pleased to have
him join our senior management team as we continue to grow our Company.
We have been fortunate to have Mel Williams lead our finance and
accounting functions, especially over the past year, working through the
merger of Apollo Gold Corporation and Linear Gold Corp. to create Brigus. The Board of Directors and I thank Mel for his
many contributions.�
Mr. Hatfield, a Chartered Accountant, has strong mining experience and has
held increasingly senior finance and accounting roles over his
career. Before his position with Gammon, he worked at Sysco Food
Services of Atlantic Canada and Grant Thornton LLP. Mr. Hatfield
graduated from Dalhousie University with a bachelor of commerce degree.
About Brigus
Brigus is a growing gold producer committed to
maximizing shareholder value through a strategy of efficient production,
targeted exploration and select acquisitions. The Company operates the
wholly owned Black Fox Mine in the Timmins gold district of Ontario,
Canada. The Black Fox Complex encompasses the Black Fox Mine and Mill,
and adjoining Grey Fox-Pike River property, all in the Township of Black
River-Matheson, Ontario, Canada. Brigus is also advancing the Goldfields Project located
near Uranium City, Saskatchewan, Canada, which hosts the Box and Athona gold deposits. In Mexico, Brigus
holds a 100% interest in the Ixhuatan Project
located in the state of Chiapas. In the Dominican Republic, Brigus Gold has a joint venture covering three mineral
exploration projects.
Contact
Information:
Wendy Yang, Vice President of Investor Relations
Phone:
303-524-3203
E-mail: ir@brigusgold.com
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