First Mining Gold Appoints Daniel Wilton as Chief Executive Officer
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First Mining Gold Corp. has appointed Daniel Wilton as chief executive officer. Wilton replaces David Shaw, who was appointed as interim CEO until a permanent CEO had been identified. Shaw will continue to serve as a director of the company.
“On behalf of everyone at the company, I would like to welcome Dan to the First Mining team. The board conducted a comprehensive search for the CEO role, and we believe that in Dan, we have found a CEO who combines extensive M&A and corporate finance experience, analytical and financial skills, as well as managerial and strategic talents,” said Keith Neumeyer, First Mining’s chairman.
“Dan’s proven track record in working with developing mining companies will be invaluable to First Mining as we continue to advance our corporate strategy and move our highly undervalued gold assets forward. I would also like to thank David for stepping in as interim CEO for the past few months while we undertook our search for a permanent CEO,” added Neumeyer.
“The team at First Mining has done a tremendous job in assembling a large resource base with quality, undervalued gold projects in mining friendly jurisdictions within eastern Canada. I am delighted to be joining the First Mining team, and I am excited about the opportunity to lead First Mining by continuing to advance our corporate strategy and realizing the value of our projects for our shareholders,” said Daniel Wilton.
Daniel Wilton has more than 25 years of experience in M&A, corporate finance and principal investing in the mining sector. Most recently, he was a partner at Pacific Road Capital Management, a mining-focused private equity investment firm with approximately $800 million under management. While at Pacific Road, Dan became very familiar with a number of the key gold projects in First Mining’s current portfolio, led the investment in Luna Gold Corp. (now Equinox Gold Corp.) and financed the development of the Aurizona gold project through critical pre-feasibility and permitting activities. Prior to joining Pacific Road, Dan’s previous roles included managing director and head of the Global Mining and Metals Group at National Bank Financial Inc., and other corporate finance roles at global institutions based in London, Toronto and New York, where he specialized in providing equity financing and M&A advisory services to single asset mining project developers. Dan holds a B.Comm (First Class Honours) from Queen’s University and an MBA (with Distinction) from INSEAD in France.
About First Mining Gold Corp.
First Mining Gold Corp. is an emerging development company with a diversified portfolio of gold projects in North America. Having assembled a large resource base of 7 million ounces of gold in the Measured and Indicated categories and 5 million ounces of gold in the Inferred category in mining friendly jurisdictions within eastern Canada, First Mining is now focused on advancing its assets towards production. The company currently holds a portfolio of 24 mineral assets in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
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