Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation.
Sierra Metals Announces Appointment of New Chairman
January 30, 2021 GMT
Jose Vizquerra Benavides (Photo: Business Wire)
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 29, 2021--
Sierra Metals Inc. (TSX: SMT) (BVL: SMT) (NYSE AMERICAN: SMTS) (“Sierra Metals” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that Jose Vizquerra Benavides has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”). Mr. Vizquerra is President, CEO, and Director of O3 Mining Inc. and a Director of Osisko Mining Inc. Mr. Vizquerra was also Head of Business Development for Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (NYSE: BVN), Peru’s largest, publicly traded precious and base metals company from 2008 to 2011. Mr. Vizquerra is an alumni of the General Management Program at the Wharton School of Business and holds an MSc in Mineral Exploration from Queens University and a B.Sc in Civil Engineering from UPC Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas.