Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL)
today announced the appointments of Ed Sutich as Vice President and
General Manager of the Lucky Friday mine, John Jordan as the new Vice
President of Technical Services, and Michael Wegleitner as Director of
Health and Safety.
“We are pleased to announce the further strengthening of the Hecla
management team as the company prepares for its next level of growth,”
said Phillips S. Baker, Jr., Hecla’s President and Chief Executive
Officer. “These professionals have a combined 88 years of mining
experience, and we are confident in their ability to deliver on our
continued and relentless focus on the highest levels of mine safety,
planned mine development, and expected silver production increases.”
Ed Sutich, with over 30 years of mining experience, is the new Vice
President and General Manager of the Lucky Friday mine. For the last six
years, he was the Manager of Underground Development for Freeport
Indonesia. For the 12 years prior to Freeport, Mr. Sutich held various
positions for Newmont on the Carlin Trend and in Uzbekistan, the last
position being the Underground Manager of the Deep Post Mine. Prior to
Newmont, Mr. Sutich worked for Independence Jerritt Canyon, Cominco
Buckhorn, Freeport Indonesia, and Newmont San Manuel. Ed holds a mining
engineering degree from the University of Nevada, Reno.
John Jordan, a mining engineer with 33 years of experience, is joining
the corporate team as Vice President of Technical Services with
responsibility for mining engineering, geotechnical engineering,
metallurgy, feasibility studies, and continuous improvement. In addition
to his previous position as Vice President and General Manager of the
Lucky Friday mine, Mr. Jordan was with Coeur d’Alene Mines for two
years, his last position as General Manager of the Galena mine. He also
worked for Stillwater, TVX, Sunshine, Kennecott – and also previously
with Hecla at the Sherman mine. Mr. Jordan has both a bachelor’s and a
master’s degree in mining engineering from the University of Idaho and
the Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology, respectively.
Michael J. Wegleitner has been appointed as the Director of Safety and
Health. He was previously Health and Safety Manager with over 25 years
of experience as a health and safety professional in the mining,
construction and energy industries, most recently as Health and Safety
Manager with Rio Tinto at their Simandou Iron Ore Project and from 2006
to 2011 at Rio’s Resolution Copper Mining operation in Superior,
Arizona. Mr. Wegleitner holds an M.S.