MINING NEWS: St. Andrew Goldfields names new president

A senior executive from Hunter Dickinson, the company that owns Alaska’s Pebble prospect, has moved to St. Andrew Goldfields as president and chief operating officer.

Keith Minty started his new position Sept. 15 with Ontario-based St. Andrew, which owns Nixon Fork mine near McGrath, Alaska. Nixon Fork is a small underground gold mine that recently received permits to restart operations.

Minty takes over as president from Glenn Laing, who retains his position as chief executive officer of St. Andrew.

Since 2004 Minty has been managing Hunter Dickinson’s South African project interests with subsidiaries Anooraq Resources and Great Basin Gold.

Prior to that, from 2003 to 2004, he was president and CEO of Crowflight Minerals and CEO of Beartooth Platinum.

From 1998 to 2002 Minty was president and CEO of North American Palladium and received the “Mining Man of the Year” award in 2002 for outstanding achievement in the Canadian mining industry.

—Sarah Hurst