SilverCrest Mines (CVE:SVL)(NYSE MKT:SVLC) has appointed Marcio Fonseca to VP of corporate development, the silver miner said Thursday afternoon.
Fonseca will be responsible for developing and implementing all aspects of SilverCrest's corporate development opportunities designed to accelerate the company's growth and enhance its shareholder's value.
The company said Fonseca has more than 20 years of experience in international mine finance, corporate and project evaluation. Most recently, he was a division director in Macquarie Metals and Energy Capital, where he was focused on equity and debt financing for the mining sector.
Prior to that, Fonseca held positions in business development, project development, operations and exploration with Vale and Phelps Dodge in Latin America.
"Mr. Fonseca's broad skill set and experience in international mining finance and project development will be extremely valuable in the advancement of the Company's position as a mid-tier precious metals producer," president J. Scott Drever said.
Earlier this week, SilverCrest announced the long-awaited resource update for its La Joya project, increasing the total inferred resource to 198.6 million ounces of silver equiValent, up from 101.9 million ounces previously, based on a 15 g/t cut-off.
The silver miner achieved commercial production in mid-2011. It has two primary assets - the producing Santa Elena mine and La Joya property in Mexico. The company produced 2.37 millon ounces of silver equiValent last year, and Cormark Securities recently said it is on track to become a 5.0 millon plus producer within the next two years, with additional upside from the "rapidly expanding" La Joya project.
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