09:42 AM EDT, 07/22/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Equinox Gold ( EQX ) on Tuesday said its Chief Executive Officer and Director Greg Smith has stepped down, and that its current President and Chief Operating Officer Darren Hall was appointed CEO and director effective immediately.

David Schummer, formerly executive vice president, operations, has been appointed COO of Equinox.

Hall, who has 40 years of global mining experience, previously served as Calibre Mining's president and CEO from 2021 through to the transaction with Equinox Gold ( EQX ). He has also held the role of COO at both Kirkland Lake Gold and Newmarket Gold, and earlier spent nearly three decades with Newmont Corporation ( NEM ) in a series of "progressively" senior roles.

Schummer has over 35 years of mining industry experience working in the U.S., Canada, Peru, Indonesia, West Africa and the Middle East. Before joining Calibre as COO, he was the COO for Perseus Mining ( PMNXF ) , and prior to that he was the president of Ma'aden Gold and Base Metals (MGBM) and was the chairman of the board for both MGBM and Ma'aden Barrick Copper Company.

Schummer has also held the role of executive vice president and COO at New Gold Inc. ( NGD ) and also spent 22 years at Newmont Corporation ( NEM ) .

Equinox Gold ( EQX ) was last seen up 0.5% to $8.88 on the TSX.

Price: 8.88, Change: +0.04, Percent Change: +0.40