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Mr. Vanderwall was appointed to the position of Exploration Manager, Mexico in November 2006. He is responsible for Great Panther's exploration activities in Mexico as well as the definition of new resources at the producing mines in Guanajuato and Topia, and at the advanced stage Mapimi project.
With 28 years in the gold and silver mining industry, having spent approximately equal time in production and exploration, Mr. Vanderwall is a proven mine-finder and production manager with a strong emphasis on safety, having worked his entire career without a lost time accident. He was most recently Mine Superintendent at the Getchell Mine in Nevada, a 1,000 ton per day high-grade underground gold mine owned by the two largest gold mining companies in the world. He has held the positions of Country Exploration Manager in Argentina for Sunshine Mining; Country Exploration Manager in Guatemala for Glamis Gold; and Vice President of Exploration in West Africa for International Tournigan.
Mr. Vanderwall graduated from Arizona State University in 1979 magna cum laude with a B.Sc. in Geology with a minor in mathmatics. He is a member of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, and the Society of Economic Geologists.
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