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Appointment of New CEO and Board Change
Appointment of New CEO and Board Change.
About this update from Helium One Global Limited
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 9 February 2023\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Helium One Global Ltd\n \n \n \n (\"Helium One\" or \"the Company\")\n \n \n \n Appointment of New CEO and Board Change\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Helium One Global (AIM: HE1), the primary helium explorer in Tanzania, announces David Minchin will be stepping down as CEO and from the Board of Helium One, with immediate effect, to pursue other challenges.\n \n \n The Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Lorna Blaisse, currently Principal Geologist at Helium One, as CEO of the Company with immediate effect and, following completion of the required AIM regulatory due diligence, it is intended that Lorna be appointed as a Director of the Company.\n \n \n Lorna is a skilled Exploration Geologist with over 17 years' experience in exploration and appraisal of oil and gas projects across Africa. She has direct experience of rift basin geology, having worked in the Lake Albert Rift Basin in Uganda, the Termit Basin in Chad as well as operational experience managing and delivering successful exploration campaigns in Central and East Africa. \n \n \n David Minchin has agreed to remain available to the Company in the short term to ensure an orderly hand over to Lorna.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ian Stalker, Non-Executive Chairman, commented:\n \n \n \n \n \"On behalf of the Board I would like to thank David Minchin for his dedicated service over the last two and a half years. David has grown and developed the Company during his tenure as CEO, increasing our operational capability and expanding our geological knowledge of the Tanzanian helium systems. He leaves us in a strong position - fully financed and with an excellent management team in place - to execute our 2023 drilling campaign and to further grow the Company to become a strategic supplier of helium to a constrained market. We wish David all the best of luck in his future endeavours.\"\n \n \n \n \n \"I would also like to welcome Lorna as CEO. She has extensive expertise at successfully delivering oil and gas exploration campaigns and, having been with the company for almost 2 years, an in depth understanding and knowledge of our projects which will greatly assist her and the team in delivering a su...