VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 1, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GoldQuest Mining Corp. GQC “GoldQuest” or the “Company”))) is pleased to announce that Mr. Luis Santana Pereyra has assumed his position as Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Director of the Company today. Mr. Santana will be based in Santo Domingo and will be initially responsible for obtaining the exploration license for the Romero Project (the “Permit”) in the Province of San Juan, Dominican Republic and supervising exploration and environmental studies.

A citizen of the Dominican Republic, Luis is a qualified engineer with over 25 years of mining and mineral processing experience. Luis has an impressive history of working with Glencore – Falcondo and Altonorte mines in the Dominican Republic and Chile, BHP Billiton – Olympic Dam mine in Australia, Barrick – Pueblo Viejo mine in the Dominican Republic, Barrick & Shandong Gold – Veladero mine in Argentina and most recently worked together as CEO for Shandong Gold/Cardinal Resources’ Namdini Gold Project in Ghana.

“I am pleased to welcome Luis, who will be leading our business from Santo Domingo.” Bill Fisher, Chairman of GoldQuest, commented, “This should send a clear message to the Dominican Republic of our commitment to the country. Combining Luis’ distinguished international career, we look forward to advancing our studies in the country while restoring strong ties to the international investment community. I would like to thank David Massola for his years of dedicated service as CEO and wish him well in his future endeavors.”

“I am very excited to have the opportunity to advance the significant Romero project and the highly prospective surrounding gold exploration portfolio in my home country,” commented Mr. Santana to work with the Department of Environment to proceed with the thorough and detailed environmental and social studies…