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Appointment of CFO
Appointment of CFO.
About this update from Great Southern Copper Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nTHIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION AS STIPULATED UNDER THE UK VERSION OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION NO 596/2014 WHICH IS PART OF ENGLISH LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018, AS AMENDED. ON PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT VIA A REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE, THIS INFORMATION IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.\n \n13 July 2023\n \nGreat Southern Copper plc\n(\"GSC\" or the \"Company\")\n \nAppointment of CFO\n \nGreat Southern Copper plc (LSE: GSCU), the company focused on copper-gold exploration in Chile, is pleased to announce the appointment of Martin Page as Chief Financial Officer (\"CFO\") and as a member of the Board, effective from 1 August. Paul Williams will be retiring from his position as CFO on 1 August.\n \nMr Page, (46), is an experienced CFO, predominantly in the natural resources sector, with exposure to all elements of the value cycle including exploration and operating assets. He has extensive experience of capital and debt markets, statutory and management reporting requirements and detailed tax and treasury planning.\n \nMr Page joins having previously been CFO at Trident Royalties plc, an AIM quoted junior mining royalty company, where he presided over an increase in the company's market cap from c.$40 million to c.$200m. In this role, Mr Page was responsible for oversight and management of the Group's finances, negotiation of debt financing and the deployment of over US$100m in capital across several large deals. Prior to that he held the position of CFO at Toro Gold, a group that owned and operated the Mako Gold mine in Senegal, which was sold to Resolute Mining for in excess of US$300m in 2019.\n \nCharles Bond, Chairman of Great Southern Copper, said: \"We are thrilled to welcome Martin as our new CFO. Martin brings with him more than a decade of experience in finance within the natural resources sector. We look forward to him leveraging his extensive expertise within capital markets and corporate finance at this very exciting time for the Company. I would also like to thank Paul for all of his excellent work for the Company and we wish him the best in his retirement.\"\n \nMartin Page, incoming CFO of Great Southern Copper, said: \"I am delighted to be joining Great Southern Copper and excited to help progress their ve...