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Follow the Leaders: This week’s executive appointments

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Keep up with the latest executive movements across the mining sector, including at Northern Star Resources, Gascoyne Resources, SRK Consulting and more.

Northern Star Resources has re-appointed Ryan Gurner as chief financial officer (CFO) after the company announced the resignation of Morgan Ball.

Gurner was CFO of Northern Star up until the Saracen Mineral Holdings merger in February.

Northern Star managing director Stuart Tonkin lauded Ball for his work steering the company through the merger, and said Gurner is well placed to return the role of CFO.

“Ryan knows our business, our strategy and our culture intimately,” Tonkin said. “He is ideally placed to return to the CFO role and help lead the company as we implement our five-year strategy.” 

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Gascoyne Resources announced its merger with Firefly Resources had been implemented this week and in doing so, revealed Firefly managing director and chief executive officer Simon Lawson would join Gascoyne’s board as a non-executive director.

Lawson brings a wealth of relevant experience and familiarity with the Gascoyne asset base in addition to having intimate knowledge of the Yalgoo assets in Western Australia previously held by Firefly, including the Melville deposit, which Gascoyne plans to integrate into the Dalgaranga mine plan.

Having completed the merger, Gascoyne has now increased its landholding in the Murchison region to approximately 1200 square kilometres, with exploration projects currently underway.

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SRK Consulting has formed a dedicated mine closure business unit, to be headed by environmental engineer Katina Strelein.

Strelein was welcomed to the company in October and will now look forward to improving the consultancy’s approach to mine closure.

SRK Australia head of mine waste Pepe Moreno said the experience offered by Strelein would ensure SRK becomes the perfect partner to understand responsible mine closure practices.

The mine closure team will be expanding to at least 10 experts with global and local knowledge.

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Celsius Resources has appointed Michael Hulmes and Julito Sarmiento as non-executive directors of the company, with Martin Buckingham assuming the role of executive chairman.

Hulmes is a mining engineer by profession with more than 35 years’ experience in base metal and gold mines in Australia, Papua New Guinea, China, South Africa, Tanzania and beyond.

Sarmiento is currently the president of each of Celsius’ operating subsidiaries, namely Makilala Mining Company, Tambuli Mining Company and its Philippines subsidiary, PDEP.

Buckingham said the appointments would benefit Celsius enormously as the company moves the Maalinao-Caigutan-Biyog (MCB) copper-gold project in the Philippines up the development curve. 

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Theta Gold Mines has welcomed Byron Dumpleton to its board as a non-executive director. Dumpleton brings a strong background in geology, mining operations and ore resources to the company.

In 2021, Dumpleton demonstrated his corporate experience by securing a $175 million debt facility for Red 5, enlisting the assistance of banking syndicates comprising Macquarie Bank, BNP Paribas and The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.

Theta said Dumpleton’s appointment will prove important as the company works to elevate its TGME gold project in South Africa.

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Raiden Resources has appointed Warrick Clent as the company’s new chief operating officer for Australian operations.

A geologist with more than 25 years’ industry experience, Clent has managed and executed greenfield exploration projects, as well as advanced exploration and development projects.

He also has experience in establishing working relationships with local communities, including in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, and has established a reputation for executing his projects to the highest environmental and social standards.

Clent will be responsible for leading all of Raiden’s Australian operations, with an immediate focus on the drill campaign across the Arrow project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

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