EXK - Dickson to become Endeavour Silver CEO as Cooke steps up to Chair

Endeavour Silver (EXK) says CEO Bradford Cooke will step down from the position following its annual general meeting scheduled for May 12 to become Executive Chair, as Geoff Handley plans to depart.Current CFO Dan Dickson is nominated to assume the role of CEO of Endeavour, and VP Controller Christine West is nominated to become CFO.Cooke founded Endeavour Silver Corp. in 2003 for the purpose of acquiring high-grade silver-gold projects in Mexico; previously he founded Canarc Resource Corp.Dickson joined Endeavour as Controller in 2007 and became CFO in 2008; West has held the Controller position since 2008.While Endeavour is a "decent organic growth story... investors are paying a high price for that growth at more than 28x earnings estimates," Taylor Dart writes in a neutral analysis published recently on Seeking Alpha.

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Dickson to become Endeavour Silver CEO as Cooke steps up to Chair