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Aclara Appoints New Director
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / February 9, 2023 / Aclara Resources Inc. (" Aclara " or the " Company...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Aclara Appoints New DirectorTORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / February 9, 2023 / Aclara Resources Inc. (\"Aclara\" or the \"Company\") (TSX:ARA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Maria Olivia Recart to Aclara's board of directors (the \"Board\"), following the unanimous approval by the existing members of the Board. Ms. Recart will also serve as Chair of the Sustainability Committee of the Board. Following the appointment of Ms. Recart, the Board will be comprised of 7 directors, 4 of whom are independent.\"We are pleased to welcome Maria Olivia to the Aclara Board,\" said Eduardo Hochschild, Chairman of Aclara. \"Maria Olivia's extensive ESG experience covering ethical production, sustainable supply chains, community and government relations, environmental matters and social value, will be invaluable to Aclara as we grow our business and pursue our mission to be the cleanest heavy rare earths producer in the world.\"Ms. Recart is an independent non-executive member of the board of directors of CAP S.A, a Chilean listed producer of iron ore, which owns a steel refinery and a company that builds iron and steel products (including housing panels). She also serves as president of the Audit Committee as well as a member of certain other committees of CAP S.A. She is also a board member of Comunidad Mujer, a Chilean non-profit organization advocating for women's issues in public policy.Previously, Ms. Recart was the Rector of Universidad Santo Tomás from 2019 to 2023. Prior to that, she worked at BHP from 2010 to 2018 as Vice President Corporate Affairs, where she was responsible for community engagement, communications, government relations and social value strategy for the Americas. During that time, she also served as a member of the Owners' Council of Escondida (the largest copper mine in the world by production, owned by BHP, Mitsubishi and Rio Tinto), where she advised on a range of operational (including safety), financial, commercial, HR and strategy issues. She was also appointed as Vice President of the board of directors of Fundación Chile, a mixed board composed of Chilean government officials and BHP appointed professionals; Vice President of Centro de Entrenamiento Industrial y Minero (CEIM), an apprentice learning center to promote the skills needed in workforce for productivity impact in mining and construc...