Star Energy Group plc chief executive officer Chris Hopkinson has stepped down from the role and the board with immediate effect, after 12 months in the post. His replacement is Ross Glover who is expected to be appointed to the board following the company’s general meeting 12 June. Mr Hopkinson, who will not stand for […]
Company Moves
Tungsten West CEO Neil Gawthorpe resigns
Tungsten West plc chief executive officer Neil Gawthorpe has resigned with immediate effect, after 15 months in the role. He remains a board director until finalisation of his settlement agreement. Chief financial officer Alistair Stobie will become interim CEO and join the board, subject to regulatory checks. Tungsten West said it had started the process […]
Central Asia acquires 28.7% of Aberdeen Minerals
Central Asia Metals plc has completed its £3 million initial investment in nickel-copper-cobalt explorer Aberdeen Minerals Ltd. The company now has 35,294,117 shares, purchased at a price of 8.5 pence per share, and a 28.7% shareholding in Aberdeen. Central Asia also received warrants to invest an additional £2m at a price of 11 pence per share […]
Ascent changes board in strategic deal
Ascent Resources plc plans to appoint Ibrahim Diab as executive chairman and has appointed Lionel Therond as chief financial officer. The changes are in a “strategic collaboration” with Delta Energy Corp SARL. Mr Diab and Eric Faillenet, former managing director at Carlyle International Energy Partners and previously a Perenco senior executive, co-founded London and Luxembourg based-Delta. […]
Alba appoints Kobus Byleveldt as mine manager
Alba Mineral Resources plc has appointed Kobus Byleveldt as mine and operations manager at Clogau-St David’s gold mine. Mr Byleveldt has more than 26 years’ mining and management experience within the gold mining sector in South Africa and Scotland, including in mine planning, construction and development. He was most recently mine manager, for approximately 2.5 years, at the […]
Kavango restructures board
Kavango Resources plc has restructured its board to have a more commercial and strategic focus. Chief executive officer Ben Turney will moved to Zimbabwe to lead the company’s business there. Donald McAlister and Alexandra (Alex) Rose Gorman join the board, Peter Wynter Bee takes on a new role of deputy chairman, while Brett Grist and […]