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Arizona Mining Strengthens Development Team at Hermosa-Taylor Project in Arizona

Published: September 26, 2017 |

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Arizona Mining Inc. has added four senior technical staff to the operations team in Tucson in pursuit of executing its plans to develop the world-class Hermosa-Taylor zinc-lead-silver deposit in Santa Cruz County, Arizona.

“The extensive experience and expertise of these individuals will be invaluable in taking our project forward and building on the progress we have made under Don Taylor’s strong leadership,” said Jim Gowans, president and CEO.

“As we advance through the feasibility and permitting process, we look forward to further optimizing Hermosa-Taylor with a focus on maximizing the long-term value of the project for all stakeholders,” added Gowans.

Richard Lock, P. Eng, has been appointed as senior vice president and project director. Lock has more than 20 years of experience in project management, development and operations for large companies including Rio Tinto, Western Potash, DeBeers and Anglo American. He has been involved with projects including Rio Tinto’s Resolution and Keystone projects and its Bingham Canyon and Diavik mines, and most recently was project director at Yara International’s potash project in Ethiopia. Richard Lock has a Bachelor of Science in Mine Engineering from University College Cardiff and is a registered professional engineer in Canada.

John Barber, PE, has been appointed as vice president, mining. Barber has more than 40 years of experience in underground mine operations, engineering, and project management. He has also been responsible for mine construction and production, as well as feasibility and optimization studies, for several large underground operations and projects, including Freeport-McMoRan’s Deep Ore Zone and Big Gossan Mines at Grasberg, Rio Tinto’s Resolution and Oyu Tolgoi projects, and Lundin Gold’s Fruta del Norte project. Just prior to joining Arizona Mining, he served as technical director – underground mining at Amec Foster Wheeler. John Barber has a Bachelor of Science (Cum Laude) in Mining Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and is a registered Professional Engineer in several states including Arizona.

Ryan Hoel has been appointed as vice president, logistics/construction. Hoel is an experienced mining professional with 18 years of experience in transportation logistics, mine operations, operational readiness, procurement, and business development and improvement with resource companies including New Gold, Rio Tinto and Lundin Mining. Ryan Hoel has a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and an MBA from Westminster (Gore School of Business).

The company has also engaged metallurgical consultant Greg Sharp, who has more than 40 years of experience in process development and design, engineering and construction, operation of mineral processing plants and metallurgical research and development. Sharp developed the metallurgical processes for Tahoe Resources’ Escobal project in Guatemala, a 4,500 ton per day underground lead-zinc-silver mine with froth flotation recovery similar to that envisioned for the Hermosa-Taylor Deposit. He will be instrumental in overseeing feasibility level metallurgical test work, finalizing the process flow sheet and building the plant at Hermosa-Taylor. Greg Sharp received a Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Idaho.


About Arizona Mining
Arizona Mining Inc. (an augustagroup company) is a Canadian mineral exploration and development company focused on the exploration and development of its 100 percent owned Hermosa Project located in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. The Taylor Deposit is a zinc-lead-silver carbonate replacement deposit. The Taylor Deposit remains open to the north, west and south over land controlled by the company and will be aggressively drilled to test the limits of the resource. The company’s other project on the Hermosa property is the Central Deposit, a silver-manganese manto oxide project.

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