VANCOUVER, Sept. 19, 2016 /CNW/ - GOLDCORP INC.
(TSX: G, NYSE: GG) today announced the appointment of
Charlie Sartain to the Company's
Board of Directors, effective as of January
1, 2017.
"Charlie will be a tremendous addition to our Board of
Directors," said Ian Telfer,
Chairman of the Board of Goldcorp. "His technical knowledge
and operational experience will be invaluable as we continue to
optimize our portfolio and advance our organic pipeline."
Mr. Sartain, 55, is a mining engineer with over 30 years of
mining experience and is fluent in Spanish. Previously, he
was the Chief Executive Officer of Xstrata's global copper business
and under his nine-year tenure grew the business to become one of
the world's leading copper producers with mining operations and
projects spanning seven countries. Prior to that, Mr. Sartain had
extensive operating and executive experience with MIM Holdings
Ltd., including General Manager at Ravenswood Gold Mines and
General Manager at Ernest Henry Mine in Queensland Australia, President of Minera
Alumbrera Ltd. in Argentina and
Executive General Manager for Latin
America.
Mr. Sartain holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree with Honours
from the University of Melbourne,
Australia. He is currently a Member of the Senate of the
University of Queensland and a Director
and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Sustainable Minerals
Institute at the University of
Queensland. He is also a Director of the Wesley
Medical Research Institute and a Non-Executive Director on the
Boards of ASX-listed Austin Engineering Ltd. and ASX-listed ALS
Limited.
About Goldcorp
Goldcorp is a senior gold producer focused on responsible mining
practices with safe, low-cost production from a high-quality
portfolio of mines.
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strategies and the environment in which Goldcorp will operate in
the future, including the price of gold and other by-product
metals, anticipated costs and ability to achieve goals. Certain
important factors that could cause actual results, performances or
achievements to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements include, among others, gold and other by-product metals
price volatility, discrepancies between actual and estimated
production, mineral reserves and mineral resources and
metallurgical recoveries, mining operational and development risks,
litigation risks, regulatory restrictions (including environmental
regulatory restrictions and liability), changes in national and
local government legislation, taxation, controls or regulations
and/or change in the administration of laws, policies and
practices, expropriation or nationalization of property and
political or economic developments in Canada, the United
States and other jurisdictions in which the Company does or
may carry on business in the future, delays, suspension and
technical challenges associated with capital projects, higher
prices for fuel, steel, power, labour and other consumables,
currency fluctuations, the speculative nature of gold exploration,
the global economic climate, dilution, share price volatility,
competition, loss of key employees, additional funding requirements
and defective title to mineral claims or property. Although
Goldcorp believes its expectations are based upon reasonable
assumptions and has attempted to identify important factors that
could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially
from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be
other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as
anticipated, estimated or intended.
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by such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to:
risks related to international operations including economic and
political instability in foreign jurisdictions in which Goldcorp
operates; risks related to current global financial conditions;
risks related to joint venture operations; actual results of
current exploration activities; actual results of current
reclamation activities; environmental risks; conclusions of
economic evaluations; changes in project parameters as plans
continue to be refined; future prices of gold and other by-product
metals; possible variations in ore reserves, grade or recovery
rates; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as
anticipated; risks related to the integration of acquisitions;
accidents, labour disputes; delays in obtaining governmental
approvals or financing or in the completion of development or
construction activities and other risks of the mining industry, as
well as those factors discussed in the section entitled
"Description of the Business – Risk Factors" in Goldcorp's most
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has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those contained in
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monetizations, mergers, acquisitions, other business combinations
or other transactions that may be announced or that may occur after
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whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise,
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SOURCE Goldcorp Inc.