Discovery Announces Management Appointments
25 Abril 2025 - 4:02PM
Discovery Silver Corp. (TSX: DSV, OTCQX: DSVSF)
(“
Discovery” or the “
Company”) is
pleased to announce the following management appointments: Pierre
Rocque as Chief Operating Officer; Jennifer Wagner as Executive
Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability; Duncan King
as Vice President, Canadian Operations; and Eric Kallio as Senior
Vice President, Exploration & Growth. The appointments are all
effective immediately.
Tony Makuch, Discovery’s CEO, commented: “We are
delighted to welcome Pierre, Jennifer, Duncan and Eric to
Discovery’s executive team. They are all highly accomplished
professionals with a track record of success in the mining
industry, who I have had the privilege of knowing and working with
for many years. Most recently, they were all part of our team at
Kirkland Lake Gold (“KL”), where over a six-year
period we more than quadrupled annual gold production to over 1.4
million ounces. All four contributed to the recently completed
acquisition of the Porcupine Complex, with Pierre, Duncan and Eric
serving as part of the due diligence team, and Jennifer acting as
Chair of the special committee of the Board. I am
looking forward to working with each of them again and to the
important contribution they will make as we continue to advance
Porcupine, and Discovery, towards a very successful future.”
Pierre Rocque is a mining
engineer, PEO Ontario, with over 35 years of industry experience.
Most recently, he was Director of Rocque Engineering Inc.
(“REI”) since 2019, serving a broad range of
clients, including working with Discovery as it evaluated the
Porcupine Complex acquisition. Prior to 2019, Mr. Rocque worked as
Vice President of Canadian Operations and Technical Services at KL
from 2016 to 2019 and at St. Andrews Goldfields Ltd. (“St.
Andrews”) from 2010 to 2014. Mr. Rocque’s extensive
experience in Timmins includes serving as Director, Technical
Services at Lake Shore Gold Corp. (“LSG”) from
2008 to 2010, acting as Qualified Person for the 2006 NI 43-101
Technical Report for the Porcupine Joint Venture and serving as a
Project Engineer at Hoyle Pond from 1998 to 1999.
Jennifer Wagner is a mining
executive and corporate securities lawyer with approximately 20
years of industry experience. She has served on Discovery’s Board
of Directors since 2021. From 2015 to 2022, Ms. Wagner worked in
progressively senior roles at KL, ultimately serving as Executive
Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability, which also
included heading KL’s legal affairs function. Prior to 2015, she
acted as legal counsel and corporate secretary to various TSX and
TSXV-listed mining companies. Ms. Wagner has extensive experience
advising companies on a variety of corporate commercial
transactions, governance, and compliance matters.
Duncan King is from Timmins and
has over 40 years of mining experience, primarily in Northern
Ontario. Mr. King worked in Timmins at LSG from 2008 to 2016, first
serving as General Superintendent at the Timmins West Mine from
2008 to 2013 and then Mine Manager at the Bell Creek Mine from 2013
to 2016. During the 1990s, Mr. King worked at the Hoyle Pond Mine,
where he oversaw the successful completion of the original shaft
sinking project and the subsequent connection of underground
operations to the Hoyle Pond ramp. During his career, Mr. King has
gained extensive knowledge of mine development, production and
leadership, with a strong track record of operational efficiency,
productivity and safety.
Eric Kallio is a professional
geologist, PGEO Ontario, with over 40 years of experience, largely
in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt of Northern Ontario. He was raised
in Timmins and has previously worked at the Porcupine Complex,
including serving as Chief Geologist at Dome Mine for 10 years,
from 1987 to 1997, and working at Hoyle Pond while in the role of
senior exploration manager for Kinross Gold Corporation from 1997
to 2001. Most recently, Mr. Kallio worked in various roles at
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, including serving as Executive Vice
President, Exploration Strategy and Growth from 2022 to 2023. From
2018 to 2022, Mr. Kallio served as Senior Vice President,
Exploration at KL and, prior to that assignment, worked as Senior
Vice President, Exploration for LSG in Timmins from 2008 to 2016,
and for Tahoe Resources Inc. from 2016 to 2018 following that
company’s acquisition of LSG.
ABOUT DISCOVERY
Discovery is a growing North American-focused
precious metals company. The Company has exposure to silver through
its first asset, the 100%-owned Cordero project, one of the world’s
largest undeveloped silver deposits, which is located close to
infrastructure in a prolific mining belt in Chihuahua State,
Mexico. On April 15, 2025, Discovery completed the acquisition of
the Porcupine Complex from Newmont Corporation, transforming the
Company into a new Canadian gold producer with multiple operations
in one of the world’s most renowned gold camps in and near Timmins,
Ontario. Discovery owns a dominant land position within the camp,
with a large base of Mineral Resources remaining and substantial
growth and exploration upside.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
Tony Makuch, PengPresident, CEO
& Director
For further information contact:Mark
Utting, CFAVP Investor RelationsPhone: 416-806-6298Email:
mark.utting@discoverysilver.comWebsite: www.discoverysilver.com
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