Andean Precious Metals Corp. announced the appointment of Yohann Bouchard to its board of directors, effective December 1, 2022. Mr. Bouchard is a Professional Mining Engineer with over 25 years of mining experience leading operational teams throughout the Americas and Africa.

His technical background in underground and open pit mining provides valuable industry insight and perspective. He is currently Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Yamana Gold, responsible for operations and development projects in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Canada. As well, Mr. Bouchard oversees the Canadian Malartic and Odyssey mines through his role as Vice President of Canadian Malartic.

Mr. Bouchard joined Yamana in 2014 and has progressed through roles of increasing responsibility. Under his operational leadership, Yamana has consistently delivered on production and cost targets while implementing expansion and optimization projects and maintaining an exemplary safety performance. Prior to joining Yamana, Mr. Bouchard occupied key operating and technical positions with Primero Mining Corporation, Iamgold Corporation, Breakwater Resources Ltd. and Cambior Inc, gaining broad experience in precious and base metals using a range of mining and processing methods.

He previously served on the board of directors of Monarch Gold Corporation. Mr. Bouchard is fluent in French, English and Spanish and holds a Bachelor of Mining Engineering degree from École Polytechnique of Montréal. He is registered as a Professional Engineer in Ontario.