Keep up with the latest executive movements across the mining sector, featuring Northern Star Resources, Emerald Resources, Dreadnought Resources and more.
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Northern Star Resources has appointed experienced mining executive Marnie Finlayson as an independent non-executive director.
Finlayson is managing director – battery minerals at Rio Tinto. Prior to that, she was general manager of Rio Tinto’s Jadar operation in Serbia, while she has also held senior operational and executive positions in Rio Tinto’s iron ore business.
Northern Star chair Michael Chaney said Finlayson was an important addition to the team.
“Marnie’s knowledge as a minerals engineer with international experience in the management of significant projects will be particularly valuable as the company advances delivery of our five-year growth plan, which is structured to generate superior returns from our world-class assets,” he said.
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Michael Bowen and Jay Hughes have joined Emerald Resources as non-executive directors.
A partner of national law firm Thomson Geer, Bowen practices primarily corporate, commercial and securities law with an emphasis on mergers, acquisitions, capital raisings and resources.
Bowen is also non-executive chair of Lotus Resources and non-executive director of Genesis Minerals and Omni Bridgeway.
Hughes founded Euroz in 2000 and is currently executive director of Euroz Hartleys Group and non-executive chair of Westoz Funds Management.
“I am delighted that we have secured the skills of two highly experienced and highly regarded directors to our board as we head into the second year of production at our 100 per cent owned Okvau gold mine,” Emerald chair Simon Lee said.
The Okvau gold mine is located in the Mondulkiri province of eastern Cambodia. Emerald also recently purchased the North Laverton gold project through its acquisition of unlisted company Bullseye Mining.
North Laverton covers 800 square kilometres and captures the Dingo Range greenstone belt – one of the few under-explored greenstone belts remaining in Western Australia.
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Dreadnought Resources has appointed experienced lawyer Philip Crutchfield as a non-executive director.
Crutchfield’s arrival coincides with Paul Payne stepping down as a non-executive director after five years on the board. Payne will continue to provide consulting services to Dreadnought into the December quarter, including an initial JORC resource on the Metzke’s Find gold deposit at the Central Yilgarn project.
“Paul played a pivotal role in the acquisition of the Tarraji-Yampi project in 2019 and also in the transformation of Dreadnought from a struggling junior resource company to the successful organisation that it is today,” Dreadnought chair Paul Chapman said.
“At the same time as farewelling Paul, we are delighted to have Philip join the board. Given recent corporate activities around Dreadnought’s projects, Philip’s commercial and legal experience will be important for maximising value for our business.”
Crutchfield is also a director of Black Cat Syndicate, Hamelin Gold, Encounter Resources and Applyflow.
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Podium Minerals has appointed Justine Lea as its new chief financial officer (CFO).
Lea brings with her 20 years’ experience in the mining industry. She was recently CFO and chief integration officer of Emeco Holdings, where she demonstrated proven experience in business growth, debt and capital markets, accounting and finance, risk and compliance, acquisitions, and integration.
Podium managing director and chief executive Sam Rodda said Lea arrives at the right time for the company.
“Justine’s success in the mining services sector in financial and operational executive roles supports our existing leadership team at a time where we are looking to rapidly evaluate and progress our Parks Reef project, through the study and growth phases, into development,” he said.