Pensana PLC Appointment of COO and Metallurgical Manager (4081R)
08 March 2021 - 6:00PM
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Pensana PLC
08 March 2021
08 March 2021
Appointment of Chief Operating Officer and Metallurgical
Manager
Pensana Plc (LSE:PRE) ("Pensana" or "the Company") today
announces two key appointments.
Rocky Smith has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer. Rocky
is a highly experienced Chemical Engineer with 35 years' rare
earths experience. He was Managing Director of Molycorp's Mountain
Pass rare earth project in California, US, which is now owned by
New York Stock Exchange listed MP Materials.
Rocky is one of the few western mining executives with in-depth
knowledge of the rare earth industry, including the supply chain,
operational start-up and running complex chemical processes.
At Mountain Pass, Rocky was responsible for building the project
and delivering operational readiness. He established the training
systems, Quality Management and in accordance with "Zero Harm", the
highest possible health, environment and safety performance
standards. More recently, Rocky was CEO of ASX listed Peak
Resources.
R oy Gordon has been appointed as Metallurgical Manager. Roy is
a senior hydrometallurgist with more than 10 years' experience
across international projects in support of the High Value
Manufacturing and advanced manufacturing economies. Roy worked
previously with Rocky at Peak Resources.
He has built and optimised projects supporting magnet and
battery manufacture and holds an MBA from Curtin University and a
Double Major in Chemistry and Mineral Science from Murdoch
University.
The appointments have been made with immediate effect. They
underpin Pensana's commitment to establish the world's first fully
sustainable mine to magnet metal supply chain from the rare earth
oxide separation facility proposed at the world-class Saltend
Chemicals Park in the Humber, Yorkshire.
Chairman Paul Atherley commented:
"We warmly welcome Rocky and Roy to the growing Pensana
management team ahead of our developments at Saltend and in Angola
and our ambition to establish the world's first fully sustainable
mine to magnet supply chain.
Rocky is a hugely talented Chemical Engineer with outstanding
experience across the global rare earth industry. His knowledge in
establishing processing operations will be extremely valuable as
the Company commences development of the proposed processing
facility at Saltend.
We are also pleased to welcome Roy, who has previously worked
with Rocky and will be a major contributor to the growing
operational team."
For further information:
Pensana Plc
Website: www.pensana .co.uk
Paul Atherley Chairman / Tim George, CEO contact@pensana.co.uk
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