Jaguar Mining Appoints Vernon Baker as Chief Executive Officer
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Jaguar Mining Inc. has appointed Vernon Baker as chief executive officer. Ben Guenther, interim CEO, will step down but remain on Jaguar Mining’s board of directors.
“On behalf of the Jaguar Mining’s board of directors, I am very pleased to welcome Vernon Baker as the new CEO,” said Thomas Weng, chairman, Jaguar Mining.
“Mr. Baker is an experienced executive with extensive underground mining experience and a diverse operational background. We are excited by his commitment to continue executing Jaguar’s key strategic priorities and turnaround strategy,” added Weng.
“I am thrilled to be leading Jaguar Mining and working closely with the board and all of our employees to continue the progress made to date at Turmalina and Pilar, and to be focused on achieving the company’s strategic goals to increase gold production from their high-quality gold assets in Brazil,” said Vernon Baker.
Vernon Baker brings more than 35 years of mining industry experience. He has extensive management and operations expertise at globally focused mid-tier and senior mining companies. Most recently, he was general manager at Goldcorp’s Cerro Negro Mine in Argentina, overseeing 3,000 tonnes per day of high-grade production and implementing programs to reduce costs, grow production and development, and leading strong safety improvement to achieve an AIFR of 0.28 in 2017. Previously, Baker held management and senior leadership roles with various mining companies including president at Duluth Metals Limited, vice president of Operations at FNX Mining, general manager at Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc., and general manager of Hemlo Operations, a joint venture of Teck Cominco and Barrick Gold.
About Jaguar Mining Inc.
Jaguar Mining Inc. is a Canadian-listed junior gold mining, development, and exploration company operating in Brazil with three gold mining complexes and a large land package with significant upside exploration potential from mineral claims covering an area of approximately 64,000 hectares. The company’s principal operating assets are located in the Iron Quadrangle, a prolific greenstone belt in the state of Minas Gerais and include the Turmalina Gold Mine Complex and Caeté Mining Complex (Pilar and Roça Grande Mines, and Caeté Plant). The company also owns the Paciência Gold Mine Complex, which has been on care and maintenance since 2012 and the Roça Grande Mine which has been on care and maintenance since April 2018.
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