Sierra Metals Appoints New President and CEO, Audra Walsh

Sierra Metals Inc. (TSX:SMT,BVL:SMT) announced today that it has appointed Audra Walsh as chief executive officer and president. The appointment will be effective as of July 28, 2014.

As quoted in the press release:

Ms. Walsh is a highly regarded mining executive with extensive experience in strategic planning, mine optimization, and management of large engineering and operating teams, including operating experience in Peru. Ms. Walsh was the Chief Executive Officer and President of Minera SA, a privately held mining company with mining projects in South America, North America and Europe, and the controlling shareholder of Orvana Minerals Corp. Ms. Walsh has held senior management positions at Newmont Mining Corporation and Barrick Gold Corporation. Ms. Walsh is a graduate of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Mine Engineering.

Sierra Metals Chairman Alberto Arias said:

We are very excited to have Audra join Sierra Metals as President and CEO due to her deep and proven operational expertise, strong strategic and analytical skills and outstanding leadership abilities. We are confident that Ms. Walsh will lead the company in an exciting new phase of shareholder value generation and growth for the company. We believe that Ms. Walsh will also lead a strategy to increase the equity market awareness of our strong cash flows, solid balance sheet and exciting exploration developments at our three mines currently in commercial production.

Click here to read the Sierra Metals Inc. (TSX:SMT) press release.