Page 34 By Kevin V incent Frank Giorno There s an old saying in the gold in dustry that suggests if you want to fnd gold don t stray too far from the last time you laid eyes on it The same could be said for talented mine man agers One of Ontario s newest producing properties the Harte Gold Mine in White River announced in late Janu ary that theyve appointed Dan Ga gnon as General Manager Mr Gagnon brings to Harte Gold over 30 years of experience in geol ogy and general managemen t from a wide range of operations across Can ada the compa ny said in a statement Gagnon started his career in geol Familiar face takes over as manager of ogy where he spent 13 years as Chief Geologist at the Musselwhite Mine in Northwestern Ontario For the next 17 years he worked as General Manager at a number of Canadian op erations most recently the Hope Bay Project in Nunavut Canada Gagnon holds a Bachelor of Science with Specialization in Geology from the University of Ottawa W e are very fortunate to have some one of Dan s caliber join the Harte Gold team Dan brings a wealth of experience managing a range of high grade gold operations and will be a valuable addition to lead a transfor mation of our operational philosophy at site said Dr Martin Rafeld Ex ecutive V ice President and COO of Harte Gold The company also announced that drilling is underway at the TT8 dis covery approximately 17 Km south east of the Sugar Zone Mine TT8 consists of a sedimentary hosted pack age discovered in an area previously not known to host gold mineraliza tion Drilling will test the down dip potential of the mineralized outcrop Harte Gold holds a 100 interest in the Sugar Zone Mine located in White River The Sugar Zone entered com mercial production in 2019 The company previously disclosed its pro duction guidance for 2020 of 42000 to 48000 gold ounces for more in formation refer to the Company s News Release dated January 9 2020 The company has further potential through exploration at the Sugar Zone Property which encompasses 79335 hectares covering a signifcant green stone belt On another note Harte Gold an nounced Stephen G Roman Jr the Chairman of the company stepped down from his position but will re main as a director of the company Joe Conway will replace Roman as Chairman of the Board Harte Gold has been a key focus of mine for the past 10 years W e ad vanced a green feld Ontario gold project culminating in a new Ontario gold mine and declared commercial production in January 2019 Roman said The new operational team is doing a good job of getting the mine ramped up and on trac k I expect the Sugar Zone Mine will be a solid producer for many years to come Roman added I would like to thank our longstand ing shareholders for their support in developing Harte Gold over the past 10 years and Appian Capital Advisory for their signifcant investment and support for my vision of developing a new gold mine in Ontario which also holds signifcant exploration potential for new discoveries Roman grew up with mining As the son of Stephen Roman the founder of Denison Mines and a giant of mining in Canada Roman was awarded the honour of Prospector of the Y ear for 2016 and received the Bill Dennis A ward from the Prospectors Developers Association of Canada PDAC in March 2016 The resignation of Roman along with the recent news of Dan Gagnon s ap pointment as General Mine Manager comes several months after it was an nounced by the company that it was in talks with Appian and Sprott to re fnance its operation Dan Gagnon new General Manager Harte Gold