Dean Elissat has joined Engine Digital as vice-president, client engagement. He was previously managing director at Publicis Vancouver.
Bill Woodley has been appointed president of the B.C. Ringette Association. He is vice-president of Legacy Pacific Group and was previously senior manager with Nintendo of Canada.
Bill Tam has been appointed president and CEO of the BC Technology Industry Association taking over for Pascal Spothelfer. Tam was previously CEO of EQO Communications, a venture partner at SpringBank TechVentures, vice-president business development at AT&T Canada and vice-president of product strategy and marketing at MetroNet.
Jessica Mori has joined Saint Bernadine Mission Communications Inc. as a copywriter. She was previously a copywriter at Spring Advertising.
Chris Thompson and Keven Craig have been promoted to senior vice-president, project finance; and CFO, respectively, at Western Wind Energy Corp. Thompson was previously CFO and Craig was previously corporate finance manager at Western Wind.
Dale MacLean has been appointed president and CEO of Tree Island Industries and has joined the board of the Tree Island Wire Income Fund. He was previously executive vice-president and general manager of Taymor Industries, chair of the board of the Prince Rupert Port Authority and vice-president marketing and sales at BC Rail.
Jennifer Spencer and Kevin Sorochan have been named partners at Miller Thomson LLP. Spencer was previously an associate in commerciallitigation and regulatory matters and Sorochan was previously an associatein securities.
Gina Wu has joined Richards Buell Sutton LLP (RBS) as an associate in the securities and corporate finance group. She completed her articles at RBS.
Ling Zhu, David Bo and Liang Shi have been appointed CEO and director; chair and director; and director; respectively, at China Minerals Mining Corp. Zhu was previously a senior executive with the Skyocean Group, Shi is director of Skocean Holdings and Bo was previously general manager, business development, at the Ivanhoe Capital Corp.
Fred Buckingham has joined Molycor Gold Corp. as a consultant. He works with MPR Associates.
Bryan Hyde has joined Rockridge Capital Corp. as technical director. He was previously project managing director of Mirabela Nickel Ltd., group technical consultant to LionOre Mining International, chair and managing director of LionOre Australia Pty Ltd. and manging director of Tati Nickel Mining Company (Pty) Ltd.
Peggy Wu has been appointed CFO of Corvus Gold Inc., replacing Michael Kinley who remains as a consultant. Wu is CFO of Indico Resources Inc. and financial reporting specialist for the Cardero Group of Companies. She was previously senior staff accountant and supervisor at Smythe Ratcliffe LLP.
Henry Park has been appointed a director of Tintina Resources Inc. He is managing director of Electrum Frontier and was previously a commodities analyst at Soros Fund Management and an investment banker at Morgan Stanley.
Anna Ladd, Paul Keller, Dayle Rusk, Daniel Marinov and Erin Walmesly have joined Trevali Mining Corp. as CFO, vice-president of operations, vice-president of exploration, chief geologist and corporate secretary, respectively. Ladd was previously director of finance at Kinross Gold Corp., and CFO at Crowflight Minerals Inc. Keller is vice-president of operations at Kria Resources Ltd. and was previously vice-president of operations for North America and general manager for Century Mining Corp. and COO of Crowflight Minerals. Rusk was previously chief of technical services for Imperial Metals and senior production geologist at Goldcorp, Anglo American and Kria Resources. Marinov was previously project exploration manager at Anglo American.Walmesley was previously corporate secretary at Montreux Capital Corp. and IDIFF Indico Resources Ltd. and a paralegal at Maitland & Co.
David Sidoo has been appointed executive chair of the board at East West Petroleum Corp. He is former owner of Lumiere restaurant.
Mike Martin has retired as general manager Trail operations and Greg Belland has been appointed to the same position at Teck Resources Ltd. He was previously manager, commercial services, raw materials manager, operating manager and sales manager at Teck.
Michael McInnis has been appointed to the board of Burnstone Ventures Inc. He is also on the board of Abacus Mining & Exploration Corp., Canasil Resources Inc. and Victoria Gold Corp.
Carl Pines has been appointed interim CEO of Alpha Gold Corp. He is associate counsel with Owen Bird Law Corp. and was previously director and audit committee chair at Alpha Gold.
Michael Allen has been appointed CFO PMI Gold Corp., replacing Philip Gibbs. Allen was previously CFO and company secretary for Dragon Mining NL and a principal in the corporate finance division of RSM Bird Cameron.
Angela Yap has been appointed CFO at Cream Minerals Ltd. She was previously director of corporate accounting with the Anthem Properties Group.
Colin Andrew has joined the board of Sunward Resources Ltd. He is CEO of the company.
Bob Thompson has been appointed chief geologist at Northern Vertex Capital Inc. He was previously with the Geological Survey of Canada and was senior adviser to the Deputy Minister of Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources.
Michael Riley and Thomas Graham Jr. have been named director and chair of the board, respectively at CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. Riley is chair of the audit committee of BC Lottery Corporation and a member of the board of Primero Mining Corp. He was previously an audit partner with Ernst & Young LLP. Graham has served under four successive U.S. presidents as a senior U.S. diplomat involved nuclear non-proliferation. He is chairman of Mexco Energy Corp. and executive chairof Lightbridge Corp.
David Michaud has been appointed executive chair of Weststar Resources Corp. He is a consult for for MetallurgyInMotion Inc. and was previoulsy operations manager to Corriente Resources Inc.
Matthew Fowler has been appointed CFO of Marifil Mines Ltd. He is a senior consultant with Sharp Executive Associates, Inc. and was previously partner, CFO and CCP at Strata Partners, LLC.
Michael Maslowski has been appointed vice-president, exploration (Canada), at Golden Predator Corp. He was previously general manager and director of exploration for Coeur d’Alene Mines and chief geologist and exploration geologist for Apollo Gold Corp. and Pegasus Gold Inc.