Cerrado Gold Inc. (TSXV: CERT | OTCQX: CRDOF) has strengthened its technical team with the addition of Mr. Val Coetzee, who has been appointed as director of process engineering. Mr. Coetzee will work with the rest of the Cerrado technical team to enhance the delivery and operation of both the Monte Do Carmo project and the Minera Don Nicolas Mine.
Mark Brennan, CEO, and chairman commented, “We are extremely pleased to welcome Val to the Cerrado team. Val brings significant experience in process design, engineering, metallurgy, and optimization that will significantly add to the technical capabilities of the Cerrado team in advancing our projects; specifically, as we bring the Monte do Carmo gold project through the final feasibility stage and into development.”
Mr. Coetzee is a senior process engineering professional with over 25 years of experience in process engineering design, operational management, metallurgical analysis, risk analysis, economic valuation, and executive leadership within the global mining industry.
Mr. Coetzee most recently served as senior vice president of process engineering at DRA Global, an international and multi-disciplinary engineering, project delivery, and operations management group. As senior vice president for process engineering, Mr. Coetzee played a vital role in the success of various projects and studies globally.
Prior to DRA, Mr. Coetzee worked at Impala Platinum and De Beers Consolidated as a metallurgist and technical manager tasked with overseeing new greenfield projects. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, and a Master of Engineering: Mining (Mineral Economics) from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Further, Mr. Coetzee has experience in PGMs, gold, uranium, copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, lithium, manganese, chrome, nickel, magnesium, iron ore, and diamonds, with expertise in mineral processing, hydrometallurgy, and pyrometallurgy.
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