Appointments

Experienced mining executive Mark Connelly has been appointed an independent non-executive chair of Calidus Resources.

Jason Brewer has been appointed managing director of Force Commodities.

Rod Jones is set to take over from former chief scientist, Lyn Beazley, as chairperson at Study Perth early next month, prior to his retirement as Navitas chief executive later this year.

Helix Resources has appointed Tim Kennedy as non-executive director. Mr  Kennedy is an experienced exploration executive with a 30-year career in the mining industry.

Anthony Trevisan, acting chair of BMG Resources, will be retiring from the board.

Lion Energy has undertaken a strategic review of its oil and gas assets and has made several changes to its board.

Don Harper has resigned as chief executive and managing director of Kin Mining.  The company is in the process of searching for a suitable replacement.  

Peter Meagher has been appointed non-executive chair of Castillo Copper.

Strategen Environmental has appointed Kane Moyle senior principal. He will lead the mining, audit, government approvals and strategy team.

Ramon Soares has resigned as chief financial officer and company secretary of Activistic due to other commitments.

Cherie Leeden has been appointed vice president of exploration at iCobalt. Ms  Leeden is based in North America, close to the iCobalt projects in Ontario.

Plymouth Minerals has appointed Ryan Parkin as general manager of corporate development.

Former Cricket Australia senior manager Sam Almaliki has been appointed executive director of Activistic.

African Energy Resources has announced that current managing director Frazer Tabeart will become an executive director of investor relations and business development, and Bill Fry becomes executive

Celsius Resources has appointed Edward Legg as project development manager for its 95%-owned Opuwo Cobalt Project in Namibia.

Cadell Buss has been appointed independent non-executive director of Atlas Pearls.

Sophie Raven has been appointed company secretary of Australian Potash. Leigh-Ayn Absolom has resigned as company secretary but remains as the company’s financial controller.

Experienced mining executive Wayne Bramwell has been appointed non-executive director of Ardea Resources.

Atlas Iron has appointed current chief financial officer Chris Els as joint company secretary.

Churchill Consulting has appointed Stuart Hestelow senior manager in its business information and analytics team.

Robert Pertich has resigned as non-executive director of PLC Financial Solutions. The company has appointed Joe Cossari as his replacement.

Kogi Iron has appointed Martin Wood as managing director and chief executive. He has been the company’s non-executive director since October 2017.

Scott Reid has been appointed general manager of Cougar Metals. Mr  Reid was the company’s Madagascar country manager.

Eduardo Valenzuela has been appointed technical director of Consolidated Zinc.

Neil Perkins has resigned as chief financial officer and company secretary of Kresta Holdings. The company has appointed Vivi XiaoWei Jiang as his replacement.

Dr XiaoLing Liu has been appointed independent non-executive director of South32.

Grant Thornton has appointed Matthew Hingeley head, audit and assurance.

Kalia has appointed Peter Batten, a geologist with 35 years of experience, as technical director.

Kin Chan has resigned as non-executive director of Mount Gibson Iron due to increased business commitments.