WINNEMUCCA, Nev., July 12,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hycroft Mining Holding
Corporation (Nasdaq: HYMC) ("Hycroft" or the "Company"), a gold and
silver development company which owns the Hycroft Mine in the
prolific mining region of Northern
Nevada, is pleased to announce the appointment of Alex
B. Davidson to the position of Vice President,
Exploration.
Mr. Davidson is
a highly experienced geologist with more than 25 years of open-pit
and underground operating expertise. Having spent over a
decade with Newmont Corporation, Mr. Davidson held numerous senior
geology roles, managed robust exploration drill programs and
managed all geology related aspects of the numerous mines including
ore control, mine design and risk mitigation and geologic
modeling. Mr. Davidson also implemented many safety
initiatives and new technologies for continuous improvement.
Most recently, Mr. Davidson joined Nevada
Gold Mines, a Joint Venture company between Barrick Gold
Corporation and Newmont Corporation in Nevada, formed in 2019. At Nevada Gold
Mines, Mr. Davidson worked extensively throughout the Carlin Trend,
Turquoise Ridge district, responsible for the geologic teams on
nearly a dozen Nevada based operating mines, as well as mentoring
geology teams in the Cortez district. Earlier in his career,
Mr. Davidson was the senior geologist and mine planning engineer
for Rio Tinto at its Boron Operations in California and Greens Creek Mine in
Alaska. In addition, Mr. Davidson worked for Hecla Mining on
the past producing high-grade Rosebud Mine in Winnemucca, NV which is located within the
Hycroft Mine land position.
Diane R.
Garrett, President & CEO commented "We are delighted to have
someone of Mr. Davidson's caliber joining our team. Alex is
an exceptional technical leader with superb and broad geologic
expertise and a superior track record of reserve growth and
operational excellence. His extensive depth of technical experience
in Nevada based operations,
particularly with his knowledge of the neighboring past producing
high-grade mine Rosebud, will be invaluable to our organization as
we continue to take the world class Hycroft Mine up the value
chain."
Alex Davidson
commented: "I am excited to join Hycroft at a time of
significant opportunity. I look forward to working with the
executive leadership team and the technical mine team helping the
company execute on its technical priorities focused on value-added
growth, mine development and its commitment to all
stakeholders. It is very exciting to be able to work with a
team committed to a culture of safety on a project that has such
great growth potential both within the mine and across the
district. This district has been significantly underexplored
opening the potential for higher grade style mineralization".
Mr. Davidson
holds a B.S. in Natural Science with emphasis in Geology from
Western Oregon State
College.
About Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation
Hycroft is a US-based, gold and silver company developing the
Hycroft Mine located in the world-class
mining region of Northern
Nevada.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION contact info@hycroftmining.com or visit
our website at
www.hycroftmining.com.
Diane R. Garrett,
President & CEO
(210) 621-4200
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