Coeur d’Alene Appoints New Head

Idaho based silver and gold producer Coeur d’Alene Mines has appointed Humberto Rada president of its Bolivian subsidiary, Empresa Minera Manquiri, and of Coeur South America. Rada, president of Bolivia’s national mining association, was most recently general manager of Empresa Minera Inti Raymi, a Bolivian subsidiary of Newmont Mining, Coeur says. The company recently began operations at its new San Bartolome silver mine, located in Potosi, Bolivia, which is expected to produce 3.2m ounces of silver this year and approximately 9.0m ounces in 2009, the company adds.