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Appointment of COO
Appointment of COO.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 0027A Georgian Mining Corporation 21 December 2017 \n\nGeorgian Mining Corporation / EPIC: GEO / Sector: Natural Resources\n21 December 2017\nGeorgian Mining Corporation ('GEO' or the 'Company')\nAppointment of COO\n \nGeorgian Mining Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Michael Struthers as Chief Operating Officer, a non-main board role, effective immediately. Mr Struthers is a Chartered Engineer with over 37 years of international mining experience. \n \nOver the course of his career, Mr Struthers has held senior management positions with leading global mining companies and consultancies. He has a proven track record both at an operating and advisory level as a project manager, covering all stages of a mine's life from feasibility and engineering studies including technical reviews, project and financial evaluations to strategic planning, construction, mine expansion, risk assessments and due diligence. He has extensive experience in base‐metals and gold in Africa, Australia, North America, South America, Europe and Russia / CIS. \n \nFrom January 2011 to 2017, Mr Struthers held Project Director and Senior Project Manager positions for Lundin Mining Corporation ('Lundin'), overseeing strategic growth initiatives at Lundin's operations in Chile. In addition, he led studies for a number of expansion opportunities at the Neves Corvo copper zinc mine in Portugal including a feasibility study into a US$300 million expansion of the zinc operations. The project was subsequently approved with the execution phase commencing in April 2017. From 2007 to June 2009 he was Technical Director and Chief Operating Officer for MBC Resources where he was responsible for the technical development of two major zinc deposits in Russia including Ozernoe, a Joint Venture with Lundin, as well as the polymetallic Kholodninskoye project, where he led a prefeasibility study. He has also previously been a partner in a private equity fund focused on Russian gold mining, carrying out extensive technical reviews, evaluations and development planning for a variety of prospective gold projects in Russia.\n \nBetween 1994 and 2007, Mr Struthers was Director and Principal Geotechnical Engineer for AMC Consultants (UK) Limit...