Keep up with the latest executive movements across the mining sector, including at Fortescue Future Industries, Liontown, Equinox and more.
Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has appointed Paul Browning as president and chief executive officer of FFI North America, which will see him champion FFI’s aspirations of building large-scale green hydrogen energy production in North America.
Browning has been the president and chief executive officer of Mitsubishi Power Americas since 2016, where he has overseen a team of 2300 people.
According to FFI chief executive officer Julie Shuttleworth, Browning comes with proven renewable energy experience and the entrepreneurial track record to advance FFI’s North American operations and grow its team.
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Liontown Resources has welcomed Fortescue Metals Group and Sandfire Resources director Jennifer Morris to its board, with the accomplished corporate executive to seek election as an independent non-executive director at Liontown’s annual general meeting in November.
Liontown stated that Morris’ appointment would add further experience, independence and diversity to its board at an important time, with the company striving to become a leading global battery materials producer through its Kathleen Valley lithium-tantalum project in Western Australia.
Alongside her work with Fortescue and Sandfire, Morris is also a former partner of Deloitte and a senior marketing analyst for Rio Tinto Iron Ore.
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Zeus Resources has appointed Yicheng Zhang as a non-executive director of the company, effective immediately.
Zhang has gained extensive experience in the mining industry, having worked as a member of CITIC Pacific Mining’s management team, successfully facilitating the acquisition of mining services provider VDM Group.
Zeus is a mineral exploration company currently scoping the potential of uranium deposits in Western Australia. Zhang’s appointment coincides with the resignation of Yong Zhang as non-executive director of Zeus.
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Equinox Resources has employed Graham Fyfe as its chief operating officer, as the company continues to explore the potential of its Hamersley iron ore project in Western Australia.
With over 30 years’ experience in the mining and commodities-processing industries, Fyfe has worked as an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) consultant for the likes of Minnovo, Fluor, Murray and Roberts and Calibre Global.
Fyfe has also been involved in iron ore project development projects with the likes of Rio Tinto, BHP and Bellzone Mining in the past.
He will work closely with Equinox managing director Daniel Taylor in developing the Hamersley project.
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Resolute Mining has appointed Simon Jackson as a non-executive director of the company, bringing with him more than 25 years of management experience of gold mining companies.
Jackson currently serves on the boards of Predictive Discovery, Sarama Resources, Cygnus Gold and Kopore Metals, while he has also been a board member at companies such as Orca Gold and Cardinal Resources in the past.
Resolute is represented by 30 years of continuous production across 10 mines in Africa and Australia, which spans over nine million ounces of gold and counting.
In April 2020, Resolute sold its Ravenswood gold mine in Queensland to a consortium made up of EMR Capital and Golden Energy and Resources.