LONDON, UK: ECR Minerals plc (LON: ECR), the gold exploration and development firm focused on Australia, introduced the appointment of Andrew Haythorpe as CEO of the Company.
Andrew will join ECR Minerals as a non-board CEO previous to assuming the role of executive director, topic to approval, in six months’ time.
Andrew has greater than 30 years of expertise managing listed gold miners and explorers on the ASX and TSX in addition to working as a mining analyst and actively exploring for gold as a geologist.
He has significant expertise as a board member on quite a few listed mining companies collectively with as Managing Director of Crescent Gold Limited. The TSX and ASX-listed firm began with a market capitalisation of $8 million and, under his leadership, reached $250 million inside 4 years. He was additionally Managing Director of top performing ASX-listed gold producer Michelago Resources.
As an analyst, Andrew was considered a global chief inside the Industrial Minerals sector and rated twelfth best gold analyst at Hartley Poynton Ltd.
Andrew is currently the Managing Director of GoldOz Limited, a gold firm seeking to relist on the ASX. A full list of his present directorships/partnerships along with these held inside the final 5 years is set out below.
David Tang, Chairman commented: “I am delighted ECR has attracted a CEO of Andrew’s calibre. With greater than 30 years of expertise as a managing director and chairman of junior and mid-tier gold explorers and producers, he’ll be an distinctive addition to our team. Andrew constructed Crescent Gold from an $8 million explorer right into a $250 million gold producer. He clearly sees the potential inside the ECR portfolio.’’
Adam Jones, Non-Executive Director commented: ‘’I’m thrilled to welcome Andrew, a fellow geologist, to ECR Minerals. Being based initially in Australia he’ll be working closely with me and the field team in Victoria and Queensland, to make sure the thrilling developments we’re engaged on are progressed as quickly as possible. We look ahead to offering extra updates in due course.”
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