New Gold appoints Yohann Bouchard as COO

New Gold (NGD) announced the appointment of Yohann Bouchard as Executive Vice President and COO. Yohann Bouchard brings with him more than 25 years of progressive technical and operations experience in the mining industry. Most recently, Bouchard was Senior Vice President and COO at Yamana Gold (AUY). Bouchard joined Yamana in October 2014 and was responsible for Yamana’s mining operations in the Americas, and overseeing the key operational groups across the company. Prior to joining Yamana, Bouchard occupied key operating and technical positions with Primero Mining Corporation, IAMGOLD (IAG), Breakwater Resources and Cambior. Bouchard oversaw precious and base metal operations in the Americas and in Africa. Bouchard holds a Bachelor of Mining Engineering degree from Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal. He is registered as a professional engineer with Professional Engineers Ontario.