Arizona Sonoran Copper Company Inc. announced the appointment of Victor Moraila as Chief Engineer, joining as the Company transitions into a US- based copper developer. Victor brings 18 years of practical mining experience, including invaluable open pit and heap leach operations experience in mid and large tier operations in the US and Mexico. He has been instrumental in mine planning, developing and implementing life of mine plans for mine execution success.

Most recently, Victor was Chief Mine Engineer for Nevada Gold Mine's Long Canyon Mine and prior to that, Mine Operations Superintendent for SSR Mining's Marigold Mine. He joins ASCU's technical team during the design, optimization and detailed engineering of the Cactus and Parks/Salyer deposits that includes Graeme Hendricks, Senior Engineer, Dan Johnson, Project Director and Greg Phillips, Project Process Superintendent.