GoldSpring, Inc., a North American precious metals mining company formed in 2003, announced that Gene McClelland, a metallurgical engineer, and Jeff Butwell, a mineral engineer, will be joining the Company’s consulting team. GoldSpring’s team now holds professionals in all aspects of mine management and mineral project development. Other team members include: Mike Norred, mine engineer; Dennis Andersen, professional mine engineer and Nevada certified environmental manager; and Dwight Juras, PhD, geologist.
GoldSpring’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Rob Faber commented, “We are very pleased to have Gene McClelland and Jeff Butwell help us oversee our ore analysis, conceptual design and the implementation of the optimal metal recovery facility at the Hartford Complex in the Comstock Lode. They are both highly regarded metallurgists with extensive knowledge of the Comstock Lode District. I look forward to working with them as we move closer to our scheduled resumption of mining the Hartford Complex in the summer of 2008.”
GoldSpring’s Chief Operating Officer, Jim Golden also commented, “We recruited Gene McClelland and Jeff Butwell after a substantive search for top metallurgist consultants. These two important consultants further strengthen the GoldSpring team. I respect their professional and leadership accomplishments. As part of the phase one drilling program, our team is further delineating the ore body in the Hartford Complex.”
With over 30 years of experience in precious metals research, Gene McClelland, President of McClelland Laboratories in Sparks, Nevada, has published over 100 articles about precious metals processing and holds three patents related to that process. He has been also teaching professionals for the past 10 years regarding various heap leach processing techniques. Mr. McClelland has also completed over 3,000 research and testing projects for metal recovery.
Jeff Butwell, the Metallurgical Consultant for T.P. McNulty & Associates, Inc., has over 40 years experience in metallurgical and process design and application in the precious metals recovery industry, has earned his M.S. in metallurgical engineering from Columbia University, and was the previous senior metallurgist for Whitney and Whitney, where he focused on process plant scoping, equipment sizing and flowchart design, operating and capital cost estimates, as well as plant operations.
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