Javelin appoints highly experienced mining engineer to Board

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Javelin Minerals (ASX: JAV) is pleased to announce that it has appointed experienced mining engineer and mining operations manager Andrew Rich as a Non-executive Director, effective immediately. Mr Rich's appointment to the Javelin Board is a key part of the Company's new corporate and operational strategy focused on the Coogee Gold Mine and its priority exploration targets. These priority targets are now being refined ahead of a maiden drilling campaign to begin shortly. Mr Rich has 14 years' experience as a mining engineer and mine manager across gold and nickel projects in Australia . He has successfully led the delivery of three underground gold mining projects through construction and into production including Paddy's Flat ( Westgold Resources Ltd ), Shannon Underground ( Ramelius Resources Ltd ) and the Second Fortune Gold Project ( Brightstar Resources Ltd ). Mr Rich is currently an Executive Director of emerging WA gold producer Brightstar Resources (ASX: BTR). He was the Managing Director of Linden Gold Alliance for three years and led Linden's business across mining and corporate functions prior to the recent acquisition of the company by Brightstar Resources . He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons), First Class Mine Manager's Certificate of Competency, and he is an alumnus of the WA School of Mines (WASM). With Mr Rich joining the Board, Rob Mosig will step down as a Non-Executive Director. The Company would like to thank Mr Mosig and wish him well for his future endeavours. Javelin Executive Chairman Brett Mitchell said: 'Andrew's skills and experience in growing and developing WA gold projects is widely known in the industry and will be invaluable as we unlock the value of our Coogee project.' 'We know Coogee has immense potential to create value. It has a history of high-grade production and there is extensive known mineralisation on the existing tenement package.' 'Given this background and its prime address right next to the rich St Ives goldfield, we believe Coogee could join the growing list of WA brownfields exploration projects which have witnessed huge inventory growth in recent times through the application of modern exploration techniques and access to capital Contact: Brett Mitchell Paul Armstrong Executive Chairman Investor Relations Email: [email protected] About Javelin / Coogee Gold Project The Coogee Gold Project is located approximately 55km southeast of Kalgoorlie on the north-eastern shore of Lake Lefroy . It comprises 1 Mining Lease, 5 Exploration Licences, 4 Exploration Licence Applications 2 Miscellaneous Licenses over a total area of approximately 17km2. The Coogee Gold Project's location near the major mining centre of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia provides ready access to both significant exploration and mining support services and a skilled workforce. Ramelius mined an open cut pit (approximately 70m deep) at Coogee in 2013, with reported production of 147,400 tonnes at 4.7 g/t Au for a recovered 20,400 ounces of gold. Processing was at the Burbanks Mill (conventional carbon-in-leach processing facility), south of Coolgardie with metallurgical recovery of 96.4%. (C) 2024 Electronic News Publishing, source ENP Newswire

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