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Giyani Metals Announces Appointment of Danny Keating as President and CEO
TORONTO, April 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Giyani Metals Corp. (TSXV: EMM, GR: A2DUU8) ("Giyani" or the "Company"), developer of the integrated K.Hill battery-
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[{"type":"text","content":" TORONTO, April 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Giyani Metals Corp. (TSXV: EMM, GR: A2DUU8) (\"Giyani\" or the \"Company\"), developer of the integrated K.Hill battery-grade manganese project in Botswana (“K.Hill Battery Manganese Project” or “K.Hill”), is pleased to announce a number of senior management changes, including the appointment of Mr. Danny Keating as President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company. Mr. Keating joins Giyani and its Board of Directors with immediate effect. Mr. Keating brings almost 30 years of mining and resources industry experience, including several senior leadership roles as CEO of privately held Alufer Mining and Dynamic Mining, as well ASX-listed Lindian Resources. He is a South African qualified mining engineer, currently based in the United Kingdom, who started his career with Anglo American and Gold Fields working in production, as well as project development, project finance and strategy. He later worked in London as a mining analyst and corporate finance executive with Collins Stewart and ABN AMRO. He has practical experience of managing culturally diverse teams across multiple African jurisdictions, as well as cultivating strong relationships with government decision makers, local communities, business leaders and other stakeholders to deliver on business objectives. Mr. Jonathan Henry will remain as Executive Chair of the Company working closely with Mr. Keating to ensure a smooth transition. It is expected that Mr. Henry will return to a Non-Executive Chair role in early-May 2023 and at such time Ms. Stephanie Hart, who has served as interim lead independent director during this transitionary period, will relinquish that role and will focus on her roles as a director and Chair of the Audit and Compensation Committees. As part of the ongoing organizational restructuring, Mr. Derk Hartman has departed from his position as President and Chief Operating Officer with immediate effect. Jonathan Henry, Executive Chair of the Company, commented: “On behalf of the Board of Directors, I am delighted to welcome Danny as our new CEO. He has the knowledge and expertise to allow the Company to build on its achievements in developing our low carbon process for production of a critical battery raw material and to establish ourselves as a globally significant player in the manganese battery ch...