CEO Shaun Day says news is a measure of firm’s ‘growing reputation’
Greatland Gold (LON:GGP) has confirmed the appointment of Paul Hallam as a new non-executive director, as well as establishing a ‘Technical Advisory Committee’.
Paul Hallam is a senior mining industry professional with more than 40 years of Australian and international resource experience across a range of commodities, including both surface and underground mining.
Hallam’s previous roles include director of operations with Fortescue Metals Group, executive general manager of developments & projects with Newcrest Mining Limited, director of Victorian operations with Alcoa as well as executive general manager of base and precious metals at North Ltd.
His appointment to the board of the AIM-listed firm will take effect from Wednesday, 1 September 2021.
Greatland Gold also announced that Callum Baxter has been appointed to the Technical Advisory Committee. Baxter will step down from his full time role as chief technical officer and director of the company on Tuesday 31 August 2021 and focus on this new initiative.
The Technical Advisory Committee will report to the CEO and provide technical input and enhance the company’s existing capabilities in exploration, resource definition, mine development and ore processing. In addition to Callum Baxter, Greatland Gold appointed recognised industry experts Stuart Masters, Simon Hanrahan and Dr Ian Ritchie to the Technical Advisory Committee.
Shaun Day, Chief Executive Officer of Greatland Gold , commented: “It is a measure of our growing reputation as a Company that we are able to attract high-quality people to Greatland, and I am delighted to welcome Paul Hallam to our Board as Independent Non-Executive Director.”
“Equally, I would like to recognise the significant contribution of Callum Baxter and thank him for his outstanding contribution to Greatland over the past 16 years. Callum had the vision and conviction to lead the discovery of Havieron and he has built an exploration team with the capability to continue pursuing the next generation of tier-one mineral deposits by applying advanced exploration techniques in under-explored regions. I am delighted that Callum has agreed to join the Technical Advisory Committee, and we will continue to benefit from his expertise.”