Canadian Gold Corp. announced the appointment of Edward (Ed) Huebert, as President, and director. Ed will be replacing Ian Ball, who was serving as Interim President and CEO.

Ed is currently Special Advisor on Mining to the Cabinet Secretary on Economic Development for Manitoba, where he developed many of the province's incentive programs, including the Mines Tax Holiday and Manitoba Exploration Tax Credit. He also served as acting mine manager for the Snap Lake Mine and environmental manager for De Beers' Northwest Territories projects. Other notable positions held during his impressive career include Yukon's Deputy Minister of Environment and Executive Vice President for the Mining Association of Manitoba.

He has earned a Masters of Natural Resources Management Degree from the University of Manitoba and is a Ph.D. candidate, in Natural Resource Planning from the University of British Columbia.