Heron Resources Limited (ASX:HRR TSX:HER, “Heron” or the
“Company”) is pleased to announce two appointments into
senior management roles at its wholly-owned Woodlawn Project,
located 250km southwest of Sydney, New South Wales,
Australia.
The newly created positions of Woodlawn General Manager and
Woodlawn Process Manager are both key roles and further strengthen
the owner’s team as the project financing process is completed and
preparations are made for project construction.
Commenting on these appointments, Heron Resources Managing
Director and CEO, Mr Wayne Taylor, said:
“We have taken the opportunity to make these early appointments
to augment in-house capacity as we progress into finalisation of
process-plant and site design. These additions to the owner’s
team ensures we are sufficiently staffed to establish on-site
ownership at a critical time in the development of Woodlawn.
We are pleased to have attracted two very experienced
individuals into these roles, and look forward to their input as we
gear-up for construction. Both Brian and Des bring extensive
base metals experience. In particular, Brian’s personal
knowledge of Woodlawn, and of the metallurgically challenging
McArthur River mine, will be invaluable.”
Woodlawn General Manager – Brian Hearne
Mr Brian Hearne has accepted the role of Woodlawn General
Manager. A qualified mining professional, with specialisation
in process metallurgy, he has extensive base-metals experience in
roles ranging from plant operator through to senior executive roles
within a top tier mining house.
Mr Hearne previously had a 16-year tenure at Woodlawn, starting
in 1978, with a further 2 years at the metallurgically comparable
Benambra Mine in Victoria. He then joined MIM at McArthur
River (MRM) as the Metallurgical Manager, and following a number of
General Manager roles within MIM / Xstrata was appointed COO of
Xstrata Zinc Australia.
The extensive knowledge Mr. Hearne gained at Woodlawn, along
with his experience at MRM, one of the most challenging base metal
operations in Australia, brings to Heron a unique skill-set ideally
matched to the Company’s requirements as Woodlawn is brought into
production.
Woodlawn Process Manager – Des O’Sullivan
Mr Des O’Sullivan has accepted the role of Woodlawn Process
Manager. He is a qualified process metallurgist with over
30-years’ experience across base-metals operations, plant
construction and project commissioning. Mr O’Sullivan’s experience
includes working at CSA Mine, Woodcutters, Golden Grove, Olympic
Dam, Cawse and Gove Alumina Refinery. More recent experience
in construction and commissioning has been with Origin Energy on
the Eurombah Creek Gas Processing facilities. Significant
additional construction and commissioning experience was gained at
the Cawse Nickel Mine, where he was instrumental in bringing
on-line the full SX/EW capacity of the plant. During his tenure at
Rio’s Gove Alumina Refinery he held a number of supervisory and
management roles across the facility, giving him detailed exposure
into effective process control.
These two new members to the Heron Team are suitably skilled to
assist the Company to move through the next milestones at Woodlawn
in the pathway to first production. We are fortunate they have
joined the team, and we look forward to their contribution.
About Heron Resources Limited:
Heron’s primary focus is the development of its 100% owned, high
grade Woodlawn Zinc-Copper Project located 250km southwest of
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. In addition, the Company holds
a significant high quality, gold and base metal tenement holding in
New South Wales and Western Australia.
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For further information, please visit www.heronresources.com.au or contact:
Australia:
Mr Wayne Taylor
Managing Director and Chief Executive Office
Tel: +61 2 9119 8111 or +61 8 6500 920
Email: heron@heronresources.com.au
Jon Snowball, FTI Consulting
Tel: +61 2 8298 6100
jon.snowball@fticonsulting.com
Canada: Tel: +1 647-862-1157 (Toronto)