Kirkland Lake Gold has appointed Claude Lemasson as lead non-executive director with immediate effect.
Lemasson, 48, is a mining executive and director, professional engineer and a graduate of the Kellogg-Schulich EMBA program. He has 25 years of experience in open pit and underground gold mining and the development of production expansion programs in North and South America.
He previously spent six years as the mine general manager at Goldcorp's Red Lake mine where he worked closely with Kirkland Lake Gold's current COO. Together, they oversaw production growth to 600,000 ounces per year and put the mine's high-grade zone into production.
While with Goldcorp, Lemasson also spent time as general manager of projects for Canada and the U.S. where he was responsible for all project management activities including environmental, exploration, technical studies, community relations and economic analysis.
Most recently, he was the president, COO and director of Guyana Goldfields Inc.
As Kirkland Lake Gold's lead non-executive director, he has been appointed the chair of the company's recently formed health, safety, and environmental committee and chair of the operations committee.
