Altona Energy plc announced that Christian Taylor-Wilkinson has been made Altona’s full-time CEO. Mr Taylor-Wilkinson has represented the board as a non-executive director since 1 February 2019 and interim chief executive since 20 March 2020. The company said that for the past 12 months he has been the main driver of its new rare earths […]
Company Moves
Premier production falls due to Catcher issues
Premier Oil plc has lowered its full-year production guidance following problems in its biggest producer, the operated Catcher oil field in the UK central North Sea. OPERATIONS The company posted production figures of an average 62.5 thousand barrels of oil equivalent for 10 months to 31 October 2020. Guidance has been revised from previous forecasts […]
IOG COO Mark Hughes to retire
Independent Oil and Gas plc has announced that its chief operating officer, Mark Hughes, is retiring for health reasons after a career spanning more than 40 years with Shell, Lasmo, Gaz de France, RWE Dea UK, INEOS Breagh and latterly IOG. Chief executive Andrew Hockey said: “Since he joined IOG in April 2018, Mark has […]
Cornish Lithium appoints Varshan Gokool as CFO
Cornish Lithium Ltd has appointed Varshan Gokool as its chief financial officer. Mr Gokool will assist in the development of lithium projects in Cornwall in an economically and financially robust framework. He has more than 22 years experience in guiding publicly listed mining companies from project definition through to development and construction. Mr Gokool was most […]
Cornish Metals appoints John McGloin as NED
Cornish Metals Inc has appointed John McGloin to the board as a non-executive director. Mr McGloin currently serves as a non-executive director of Perseus Mining Ltd, and Amphi Capital Ltd, a non-executive independent director of Caledonia Mining plc, and the non-executive chairman of Oriole Resources plc, and is the former chairman and chief executive of […]
Alba Mineral appoints Mark Austin as COO
Alba Mineral Resources plc has appointed its senior geologist Mark Austin as full-time chief operating officer. He will be responsible for the company’s day-to-day mining projects in north Wales, Greenland and Ireland. Mr Austin has management and operational experience in a career spanning four decades across a range of commodities, but with a particular focus […]