Pretium Resources Inc. - Appoints Director
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Oct. 1, 2015) - Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX:PVG)(NYSE:PVG) ("Pretivm" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Nicole Adshead-Bell has been appointed to its Board of Directors.
Dr. Adshead-Bell has over 20 years of experience in the mining sector and capital markets. For the last 13 years Dr. Adshead-Bell has focused on evaluating and advising mining sector companies, most recently as Director of Mining Research at Sun Valley Gold LLC (an SEC-registered investment advisor), prior to that as Managing Director Investment Banking at Haywood Securities, and as a sell-side Mining Analyst at Dundee Securities. Dr. Adshead-Bell earned a Bachelor of Science Degree, a First Class Honours Degree in Geology, and a Ph.D. in Geology from James Cook University in North Queensland, Australia.
"We are pleased to have Dr. Adshead-Bell join the Board as she brings relevant industry experience to the Company as Pretivm evolves from developer to a gold producer," said Pretivm's CEO Robert Quartermain.
About Pretivm
Pretivm is constructing a high-grade underground gold mine at its Brucejack Project in northern British Columbia with commercial production targeted for 2017.
(SEDAR filings: Pretium Resources Inc.)
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