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Eastern Platinum Limited Announces Appointment of New Chief Financial Officer and Provides Operations Update
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 6, 2021) - Eastern Platinum Limited ( TSX...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Eastern Platinum Limited Announces Appointment of New Chief Financial Officer and Provides Operations UpdateVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 6, 2021) - Eastern Platinum Limited (TSX: ELR) (JSE: EPS) (\"Eastplats\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the appointment of Wylie Hui as the new Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company.Mr. Hui is a CPA, CA and brings over 25 years of finance and operational experience to his role with Eastplats, particularly his experience in mining. He has previously served as the CFO of several publicly listed mining companies, provided consulting and CFO services to numerous public companies, and worked for BDO LLP and Ernst & Young LLP, two international accounting firms. Diana Hu, President and CEO of Eastern Platinum stated, \"Eastplats is excited to welcome Wylie to the team and looks forward to his contributions as the Company continues its progress on the successful Retreatment Project recovering chrome, obtains the benefits of its investment into PGM processing, and further develops its other projects in South Africa. Wylie brings the right experience to Eastplats at this important juncture as we expand operations and continue growth.\"Mr. Hui succeeds Rowland Wallenius who will be departing the Company to pursue other opportunities.Diana Hu, continued, \"Rowland has played an important role and together with the management team has positioned the Company well to further Eastplats success story. The Company is grateful to all his contributions and wishes him every success in his future endeavors. The Company will continue to engage Mr. Wallenius as a consultant in the short-term, as may be needed from time to time to assist in the transition.\" Operations in South Africa - PGM The Company recently completed the reconfiguring and optimization of the small-scale PGM circuit (previously the scavenger plant circuit) (\"PGM Circuit D\") which also included completion of the initial work required to restart the main PGM plant circuit (\"PGM Main Circuit\"). Following the completion of the work, the Company generated approximately 111 tons of PGM concentrates, and has delivered approximately 64 dry tons under the existing offtake agreement with Impala Refining Services Limited, now Impala Platinum Limited.The Company completed the upgrades to obta...