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Appointment of Chief Operating Officer
Appointment of Chief Operating Officer.
About this update from Alba Mineral Resources Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 3970D\n Alba Mineral Resources PLC\n 28 October 2020\n \n \n \n \n Alba Mineral Resources plc\n \n \n (\"Alba\" or the \"Company\")\n \n \n \n \n \n Appointment of Chief Operating Officer\n \n \n \n \n \n Alba Mineral Resources plc (AIM: ALBA) is pleased to announce that Alba's Senior Geologist Mark Austin has agreed to take up a full-time position as Alba Chief Operating Officer and Senior Geologist, responsible for the Company's day-to-day operations across all the Company's mining projects in north Wales, Greenland and Ireland. This is not a Board position.\n \n \n \n \n \n Mr Austin has significant management and operational experience in a career spanning four decades across a range of commodities, but with a particular focus on gold. Mr Austin's experience, prior to establishing his own mining consultancy firm, includes being a Non-Executive Director at Central Rand Gold Limited (2015-2017), being Group Geologist for Goldplat plc and CEO of its subsidiary Kilimapesa Gold (Kenya) (2007-2013), being Vice President-Exploration for Mano River Resources Plc (2006-2007) and being Senior Exploration Geologist for Placer Dome Exploration (Africa-Eurasia) Ltd (2005-2006).\n \n \n \n \n \n George Frangeskides, Alba Executive Chairman, commented: \n \n \n \"I am delighted that our Senior Geologist Mark Austin has agreed to take up a full-time position with Alba as our Chief Operating Officer. Mark has been instrumental in the swift progress that has been made at Clogau over the past months. He comes with a huge amount of experience working for major mining companies, including hands-on experience in managing all aspects of the development of a gold mine in Africa from exploration through to the building of a processing plant and the ultimate export and sale of gold bars.\" \n \n \n \"Mark's appointment to this role significantly deepens our management team and is a demonstration of our determination to take Alba to the next level.\"\n \n \n \n \n \n For further information, please contact:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Alba Mineral Resources plc\n \n \n George Frangeskides, Executive Chairman\n \n \n \n \n +44 20 3907 4297\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cairn Financial Advisers LLP (No...