MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Continental Gold, Excellon, SearchGold and SGX Resources

Continental Gold of Toronto has promoted Mark Moseley-Williams to the role of president and COO. Ari Sussman will continue his duties as CEO.

Jeremy Wyeth is the new president and CEO of Toronto-based Excellon Resources. He holds a mining degree from the University of the Witwatersrand and headed the De Beers team that developed the Victor diamond mine in Ontario.

Toronto's SearchGold Resources has offered the position of president and CEO to Stanley Robinson. He is a Canadian geologist with over 30 years of experience in Africa and Canada, including six years with International Gold and Ashanti Goldfields in Burkina Faso and Ghana. Robinson previously served as a director and president of Lakota Resources.

SGX Resources of Winnipeg has appointed Dale Ginn its new president and CEO. He is executive vice-chair of San Gold Corp. and a former president and CEO of that company.