Power Metal Resources plc has appointed Sean Wade as executive board director and chief executive officer with immediate effect.
Mr Wade, who replaces Paul Johnson, is an experienced corporate executive within the natural resource sector.
He has held senior roles in mining companies including Berkeley Energia plc, Pensana plc and Asia Resource Minerals plc.
Mr Wade has worked on numerous transactions in the capital markets, including IPOs, secondary capital raising and M&A in many different jurisdictions and exchanges.
His extensive network covers numerous capital providers, including institutional funds, family offices and private wealth.
He started his career at Cazenove & Co in 1993. In 2007 he was a founding shareholder in Liberum Capital.
Since 2012, he has worked in corporate business development and investor relations.
Mr Wade founded Scout Advisory Ltd in 2020 undertaking consultancy work with various listed and private companies in the resource exploration mining sector.
Power Metal said that his connections with internationally recognised mining companies and investment institutions would enable the company to develop corporate and financial partnerships to grow the business.