Osisko Mining Appoints Three New Officers

Published: November 15, 2016 |

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Osisko Mining Inc. has appointed three new executive officers. Robert Wares has been appointed executive vice president of exploration and resource development; Mathieu Savard has been appointed vice president of exploration for Quebec; and Alexandra Drapack has been appointed vice president of environment services and sustainable development.

Robert Wares, P.Geo., Executive Vice-President of Exploration and Resource Development

Robert Wares is a professional geologist with over 35 years of experience in mineral exploration, research and resource development. Wares’ skills and experience span a broad spectrum of the exploration and mining industry, with the majority of his career in the base and precious-metals sector. He was a co-founder of Osisko Mining Corp. and was directly responsible for the discovery of the Canadian Malartic bulk tonnage gold deposit, which was subsequently developed by Osisko Mining Corporation into one of Canada’s largest gold producers. Wares was president of Osisko Exploration from 1998 to 2006, was executive vice president, exploration and resource development from 2006 to 2012, and was chief geologist for Osisko Mining Corporation and Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. from 2012 to 2016. Wares currently serves as the president of l’Ordre des geologues du Quebec (Quebec Professional Geologist Association) and is also a member of the board of directors of Arizona Mining, Bowmore Exploration Ltd. and Komet Resources. He is a member of various industry and research organizations, is recipient of an honorary doctorate in science from McGill University and has received numerous industry awards, including co-winner of 2007 Bill Dennis Prospector of the Year Award (PDAC), and with his Osisko co-founders was named “Mining Men of the Year” by the Northern Miner in 2009.

Mathieu Savard, P.Geo., Vice-President of Exploration Quebec

With over 17 years’ experience in exploration in Northern Quebec and Canada, Mathieu graduated from the Universite du Quebec a Montreal with a bachelors degree (B.Sc.) in earth sciences and economic geology. Prior to joining Osisko Mining, he was chief geologist at Osisko Exploration James Bay Ltd. for all their activities in Quebec. For 15 years prior to working with the Osisko Group, Mathieu was a senior member of the Virginia Gold and Virginia Gold Mines teams and, as project manager, was instrumental to the development of the world-class Eleonore gold deposit in Northern Quebec and was part of the discovery team of the Coulon base metal deposit. Savard and the Virginia team received the AEMQ’s prestigious Prospector of the Year Award in 2004 for the discovery of both the Eleonore gold deposit and Coulon base metal deposit. He is a member of the Ordre des Geologues du Quebec and is a director of the Quebec Mineral Exploration Association (AEQM) where he currently serves as vice-president.

Alexandra Drapack, P.Eng., Vice-President of Environment Services & Sustainable Development

Drapack is a professional engineer with over 20 years of experience in managing mining, environmental and transportation projects in Canada and the USA, spanning operations, consulting and corporate office settings. Alix graduated from UBC with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mining and Mineral Process Engineering. She also holds an MBA from Arizona State University, is a member (P. Eng.) of the Professional Engineers of Ontario, and has her Project Management Professional designation (PMP). From 2011 to 2014, as director of sustainable development for Osisko Mining Corporation, she led the combined federal and provincial environmental assessment process for the Osisko Hammond Reef Project and was responsible for Aboriginal engagement, public consultation and government relations. Previously she developed and implemented the environmental management program for TransLink and has had mining operations experience including working as a Mill Shift foreman for Inco Ltd.

“We are very pleased to welcome Bob, Mathieu and Alix to the Osisko Mining executive team, three highly experienced mining industry professionals with a depth of experience with the Osisko group. We expect all three will help us in our goal of accelerating work on our flagship Windfall and Urban Barry projects as we continue towards our goal of becoming a leading Canadian intermediate mining company,” said John Burzynski, president and chief executive officer of Osisko.

About Osisko Mining
Osisko is a mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition, exploration, and development of precious metal resource properties in Canada. Osisko holds a 100 percent in the high-grade Windfall Lake gold deposit located between Val-d’Or and Chibougamau in Quebec and holds a 100 percent undivided interest in a large area of claims in the surrounding Urban Barry area (82,400 hectares), a 100 percent interest in the Marban project located in the heart of Quebec’s prolific Abitibi gold mining district, and properties in the Larder Lake Mining Division in northeast Ontario, including the Jonpol and Garrcon deposits on the Garrison property, the Buffonta past producing mine and the Gold Pike mine property. The corporation also holds interests and options in a number of additional properties in northern Ontario. Osisko continues to be well financed and has approximately $80 million in cash and cash equivalents as well as marketable securities of approximately $60 million.

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