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Appointment of Director
Appointment of Director.
About this update from Cobra Resources Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n \n \n NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.\n \n \n \n \n \n 2 September 2022\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cobra Resources plc\n \n \n \n (\"Cobra\" or the \"Company\")\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Appointment of Director\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cobra, a gold, rare earth and IOCG exploration company focused on the Wudinna Project in South Australia, is pleased to announce the appointment of Rupert Verco, who has been Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cobra since 12 July 2021, as a director of the Company with immediate effect.\n \n \n \n \n \n Rupert is a mining specialist with over 15 years' experience in Australia and internationally. His areas of focus include resource definition, reserve optimisation, mine planning, and mine operation. Rupert has managed operations through all phases of the mining cycle. He is a fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and holds a First Class Honours in Geology.\n \n \n \n As CEO of Cobra, Rupert has overseen a transformational period incorporating numerous field programmes which have placed the Company in a position to define a potentially extensive, regionally scalable clay-hosted rare earth resource above and proximal to gold resources, while identifying significant gold mineralisation outside of current Mineral Resource Estimates.\n \n \n \n \n \n Under Rupert's leadership, Cobra has expanded its land holding in the Gawler Craton to 3,261 km2, establishing the Company as a major player in the tier 1 mining jurisdiction of South Australia, and published an inaugural Sustainability Plan, reflecting the Board's commitment to developing an industry-leading approach to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG).\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n There is no further information in respect of the appointment of Rupert Tolmer Verco (aged 36) which would require disclosure under Listing Rule 9.6.13 R (1) - (6).\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Greg Hancock, Chairman of Cobra, commented\n \n :\n \n \n \n \n \n \"Rupert's contribution since joining a...