Please Welcome Our New MGM , Michael McClelland
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Please Welcome Our New MGM , Michael McClelland
I have been working at Goldcorp for seven years , starting in the Vancouver Corporate office and most recently as the Finance Director for the Canada / USA region based in Toronto . During this time , I had the opportunity to visit Wharf on numerous occasions . The beauty of the Black Hills and the friendliness and sense of community of the people that live and work here have always made an impression on me . I had always thought to myself that if I ever had the opportunity to work at a mine site , Wharf would be a great fit for my own values .
Mike McClelland
I am pleased to report that we had a strong Quarter One from a Safety standpoint . Above all else , it is important to me that everyone that
Mine General Manager works at Wharf goes home , unharmed , at the end of their shift . There are people at home who depend on you to come home in one piece . In my case , my wife Sandi and my sons , Nate and William , count on me to come home because wrestling with their Dad is the most important part of their day . I ask you all to look out for each other and speak up if you see something that isn ’ t right . It is TIME TO ACT .
From a production view , we are off to a slow start in Quarter One due to solution distribution issues on the startup of leaching on heap leach pad four . I am confident that these problems were temporary and that we will be able to deliver on our full year budgeted production .
“ There are people at home who depend on you to come home in one piece . In my case , my wife Sandi and my sons , Nate and William count on me to come home because wrestling with their Dad is the most important part of their day .”
With a strong mine life ahead of us , we are poised to remain one of Goldcorp ’ s most efficient operations . Our low capital requirements put us in a strong operating position in the face of turbulent precious metal markets . That said , we can always improve and get better . An Operating for Excellence (“ O4E ”) culture can lower our overall operating costs and increase our overall production , leaving us with the potential to extend our mine life . We will be focusing closely on O4E . Projects such as optimizing the crusher to increase throughput , and expanding the de-nitrification plant to reduce the time required to rinse the pads are in the plans for this year .
These O4E projects will complement our current expansion work on the Highway 473 re-route , which is currently on schedule to be completed in the third quarter of this year . This is an important project in the next phase of Wharf ’ s history and I ’ m very proud to be a part of it .
Thank you for all your safe production in Quarter One !