Central Asia Metals plc has appointed Dr Mike Armitage to the board as an independent non-executive director effective 10 January 2022.
Dr Armitage, who will also join the sustainability committee, has some 35 years’ experience in the mining industry.
He spent his early career working underground as a geologist in South Africa before joining SRK Consulting in 1991, which he is due to leave on 7 January 2022.
In addition to his technical work at SRK, Dr Armitage produced resource estimates and managed feasibility and due diligence studies.
His roles have included managing director and chairman of SRK’s UK practice, chairman of SRK’s Russia and Kazakhstan practices and six years as chairman of SRK Global.
Dr Armitage is also a founding director of Sarn Helen Gold Ltd and is currently a non-executive director of Tertiary Minerals plc.
He completed his PhD assessing alternative methods of reserve estimation at the Renco Mine in Zimbabwe and has written several papers on resource and reserve estimation methodology and reporting.
Dr Armitage has spent many years as joint course co-ordinator of a MSc in Mineral Resources at Cardiff University and then as external examiner for the MSc in Metals and Energy Finance at Imperial College, University of London.
He has also been a council member and vice president of the Geological Society and is currently chairman of the Applied Earth Science Division of IOM3 and honorary chairman of the Critical Minerals Association.