People on the move: Continental Coal, A-Cap, Atlas Iron
22 February 2012
SOUTH African mining executive Mike Kilbride is now non-executive chairman of emerging coal producer Continental Coal. A 35-year veteran of the industry, Kilbride is former executive director and chief operating officer of Exxaro Resources, and a former chairman of Sishen Iron Ore Company, Kumba Resources and Exxaro Coal.
Kilbride, 60, was executive director and chief operating officer at Exxaro Resources, South Africa’s largest empowered resource company, before joining Continental.
MINING engineer Paul Thomson has replaced Andrew Tunks as CEO of A-Cap Resources.
Tunks remains a non-executive director and Richard Lockwood has been appointed to the board of the uranium explorer as non-executive director. The company is looking to progress to the development phase at the Letlhakane project in Botswana.
Thomson is said to have more than 35 years of experience in mining and project development in Africa and has been project manager at Letlhakane and with A-Cap for three years. Prior to joining A-Cap, he held senior management positions in the industry, including managing director of African Copper Mining and Exploration Botswana, director and country manager of Corridor Mineral Sands in Mozambique and construction manager of the Golden Pride gold project in Tanzania.
40-year-old David Flanagan is the new chairman of growing Australian iron ore producer Atlas Iron, having led the company as managing director since it began its transition from Pilbara explorer to producer.
Atlas chief development officer Ken Brinsden has become the company’s managing director, and former Western Australian Government agent general and CEO of the Fremantle Port Authority, Kerry Sanderson, has joined the board as an independent non-executive director.
Atlas said the restructure would initially see Flanagan retain a day-to-day role overseeing the company’s growth – assisting Brinsden – with an emphasis on strategic planning and corporate issues. He replaces David Hannon as Atlas chairman. Hannon continues as an independent non-executive director.
Flanagan will remain as executive chairman until August 31, 2012, as part of the hand-over of managing director’s duties to Brinsden. He will then become non-executive chairman.
Brinsden, a mining engineer, has overseen development of Atlas’ current operating mines at Wodgina and Pardoo in WA. He previously worked for WMC Resources, Normandy, GoldFields and Iluka Resources in production, management, brownfields and greenfields mine development roles.
Also in the February 22 - 28, 2012 edition
- AFRICA
- Apples and pairs
- Shaw certain Otjo will be worth the wait
- The only way is up
- ASIA DESK
- Lynch looks for year of the tortoise
- BREAKING NEWS
- African Rainbow profit up
- Alberta Coal IPO flagged
- Alchemy expands in Bryah Basin
- Alkane begins funding drive
- AMS wins contract extension
- Atlas buttressed for growth
- Ausdrill wins more Ensham work
- Axiom bid turned down
- Azumah looks for Wa connection
- Balamara to start Monty infill work
- Bandanna moves forward at Springsure Creek
- Belinau signs good for Sumatra
- Berkeley to miss JV target
- Bulletin outlines drilling target at Nicolson's
- Carpentaria welcomes Bonython action
- Casino a winner, says study
- Castlemaine makes grade
- Centerra profit up despite lower output
- Coalspur has Vista covered
- Coeur lifts exploration spending
- Coffey appointed to review Sherwin project
- Copler output could grow
- DeGrussa underground underway
- Dutwa fundraising starts
- Eldorado to lay down asset plan
- Elementos grows profile
- Endeavour to up West African spend
- Endocoal resource upgrade
- ERA aiming to solve Ranger problems
- Exxaro expected to speed Mayoko devt
- Fahiakoba exploration to begin
- Falcon to acquire Templer's silver
- Firestone talks up Smitspan plan
- FLSmidth presses on
- Forecariah start-up close
- GGG takes Bullabulling to 3.2Moz
- Gippsland starts tin mining
- Gold Anomaly talking big
- Gold Fields expands reserves
- Gold One delivers to targets
- Golden Star cuts its losses
- Grange profit surges
- Hannans looks to consolidate
- High margins boost New Gold profit
- Ikwezi on track at Newcastle
- Iluka profit on the rise
- Impala issues ultimatum
- IMX on track to complete Snaefell studies
- Issue to back Obotan funding
- Katanga power cuts disrupt Anvil ramp-up
- Khumani heads African Rainbow growth plan
- Kingsgate raises $A70M
- Lachlan Star targets one-pit plan
- Ludowici investors to be compensated
- Ludowici test for panel
- Major turnaround for Coeur d'Alene
- Mandalay boosts reserves
- Matilda makes steady progress
- Mineral Ridge potential grows
- Miranda may pursue new opportunities
- More warnings for foreign firms in Zim
- Murchison hopes rise at Kentor
- NAP to awaken after mine shutdown
- New Dawn defends Zimbabwe move
- New Hope shuts door
- New Mokambo view of old core
- Newmont surges despite Hope Bay blip
- Newmont to spend more than $3B in 2012
- Northern Manganese targets base metals
- NRE longwall start date pinned
- NRW profit rise
- NuCoal to go to school
- Nullagine on track
- OM back on track
- Orica plant restarts
- PanAust looks to lift Phu Kham returns
- Peak rises on Ngualla resource
- Platinum miner's profit surges
- Reed winds up Meekatharra BFS
- Rio clears final Hope Downs hurdle
- Saracen forecasts rising costs
- Siana generally on track, says Red5
- Sintang will be dredged, says Wavenet
- Snake Hill promise for Northern
- Solid return at Spring Creek
- Straits loss
- Sun shines for St Barbara's day
- Sylvania in iron ore sale talks
- TAM Q buys 15% of QMC
- Tao extension for Canyon
- Teranga raises Sabodala sights
- Toro lifts Centipede resource
- TRS resource hike for Deep Yellow
- Underdale wins Five Mile Creek work
- Wa funds in place
- Webbs upgrade a standout
- WorleyParsons profit up
- ZYL may opt to truck coal
- CHINA
- Fixing China’s property market a key test
- COAL
- Take two
- EUROPE
- Read takes on Scandinavian mission
- Scotgold helps change UK mining landscape
- EXPLORATION
- Indochine keen on Hidden Valley model
- Signs point to a copper project
- FROM THE CAPITAL
- Nuclear power potential damaged by industry track record
- GOLD
- Gold safe for now: WGC
- HEAVY METAL
- Polish coal miners return to ploughs
- ISSUES
- Flying or digging – it’s all tiring work
- PROJECT WATCH
- Reaction a sign of muddled market
- SOUTH AMERICA
- Sticking with the planner
- TECHNOLOGY
- Rio doubles up on simulators
- Technology firm wins Rio contract
- UnCUT
- Blocking the way to maximum profits
- VIEW FROM THE WEST END
- Oops
