Keep up with the latest executive movements across the mining sector, featuring Andromeda Metals, Bulletin Resources, Podium Minerals and more.
Andromeda Metals has announced that Rhoderick Grivas has resigned as chair and non-executive director of the company for family reasons.
Since being appointed in 2017, Grivas has been influential in elevating Andromeda from a company with less than $1 million in the kitty to the leading industrial metals explorer it is today.
Current independent non-executive director Melissa Holzberger will assume the role of chair in Grivas’ place. The board has commenced the recruitment process to find a new member of the board.
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Bulletin Resources has appointed Mark Csar as chief executive officer as the company looks to build its portfolio currently represented by gold, lithium and nickel projects.
Csar has more than 30 years’ experience in exploration, development and mining operations in Australia and abroad.
He has served in senior roles at companies such as Iluka Resources, Wiluna Mining Corporation and Aberfoyle Resources.
“Mark’s work over the last two years at Lake Rebecca and more recently his identification of new opportunities including the Ravensthorpe lithium project project illustrates his ability to fill the role,” Bulletin chairman Paul Poli said.
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Jason Whittle has joined Podium Minerals as general manager – projects, bringing with him over 25 years’ experience in international mining projects and operations.
Whittle will play an important role as Podium looks to transition its Parks Reef platinum groups metal (PGM) project in Western Australia into production.
The experienced metallurgist joins a newly-strengthened executive team including recently-appointed chief executive officer Sam Rodda, and chief financial officer and company secretary Hannah Hudson.
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Fin Resources has appointed former Fortescue Metals Group senior executive Gautam Varma as managing director of the company.
Most recently the chief representative for Europe, India and South East Asia at Fortescue, Varma has also served in senior roles at BHP, Iluka and Xstrata.
Varma has negotiated and built partnerships around the world, and has been actively involved in matters relating to decarbonisation and electrification.
Fin Resources’ Sol Mar project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia aims to discover a sustainable, natural process to produce salt via evaporation of seawater using solar and wind energy.
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Guy Robertson has been elevated to the board of Artemis Resources as director, having previously served as company secretary and chief financial officer of the company since 2009.
Artemis chairman Mark Potter said Robertson’s board presence will assist the company’s corporate visibility.
“Guy has a broad breadth of commercial and financial experience, so as we enter 2022 with an ambitious project and corporate agenda, we felt we wanted his input and counsel to be at a board level and in doing so be more visible to shareholders in this key finance function,” Potter said.
Artemis is advancing its Paterson Central gold-copper project and Carlow Castle gold-copper-cobalt project in Western Australia towards production.