Greatland Resources has appointed Nick Strong as chief operating officer, with the mining engineer set to join on 5 October and take responsibility for the Telfer and Havieron operations.
Strong brings more than 25 years of operational and leadership experience across the mining industry, predominantly in gold and base metals, with major companies including Northern Star Resources, Rio Tinto and Newcrest Mining. He has managed large-scale underground and open pit operations at KCGM and Cadia, most recently serving as general manager for Hemi and KCGM growth at Northern Star.
He will work closely with Telfer general manager Mark Benson to maintain the mine’s consistent performance, while overseeing the team delivering the brownfield Havieron underground development.
Otto Richter, who has served as acting COO, will move into a new chief technical officer role when Strong starts. Richter joined Greatland in 2021 as group mining engineer and led the technical due diligence for the Telfer and Havieron acquisition.
Greatland Managing Director, Shaun Day, said: “I am delighted that Nick will be joining Greatland as our Chief Operating Officer. Nick joins at an exciting time and is very well placed to lead our operations and substantial growth projects. Nick has deep experience in overseeing large-scale underground and open pit gold and copper mines across Australia, and in planning and delivering large scale development projects.”