ECR MINERALS PLC: Appointment of Adam Jones as Technical Director, Exploration
May 31 2022 - 1:01AM
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ECR MINERALS plc
("ECR Minerals", "ECR" or the "Company")
Appointment of Adam Jones as Technical Director, Exploration
ECR Minerals plc (LON: ECR), the gold exploration and
development company focused on Australia, is pleased to announce
that Non-Executive Director Adam Jones will become an Executive
Director with immediate effect. Adam's new role will be Technical
Director of Exploration across ECR's portfolio of projects.
As previously announced on December 16(th) 2020, Adam Jones
holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Ballarat University and
First Class Honours from Adelaide University. Adam has over 12
years' experience as a professional geologist in Australia,
including significant experience and knowledge of regional gold
exploration and production.
Adam is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists
(AIG) and has worked as an independent consulting geologist since
2015. His clients include or have included the A1 gold mine, Dart
Mining, Nagambie Resources in Victoria and Vendetta Mining in
Queensland.
Adam is a director of and has provided consultancy services to
ECR's Australian subsidiary Mercator Gold Australia Pty Ltd ("MGA")
since April 2018 and has been involved in the supervision of
drilling programmes and has undertaken geochemical and rock chip
sampling and geological mapping campaigns.
He has considerable experience in geological interpretation,
geotechnical and fault modelling, geological mapping and sampling,
turbidite sequence-structural interpretations, wireframing and 3D
modelling using Vulcan Software.
Adam will assume technical responsibilities for all of ECR's
projects, including the Lolworth Range project in North Queensland
owned by ECR's 100% owned subsidiary LUX Exploration Limited
("LUX"). He lives in Victoria close to ECR's Bailieston and
Creswick gold projects.
ECR Chairman David Tang commented: "Adam has been a key member
of the ECR team since the day he joined, and I am delighted that he
is now assuming an executive director role. I know he impressed our
CEO on his recent trip to Victoria, and, looking forward, the
Company will now benefit from his guidance and input on a higher
strategic level."
ECR CEO Andrew Haythorpe added: "My decision to join ECR was
very much influenced by the manner in which Adam has managed the
Company's ongoing drilling campaigns in Victoria as well as the
skillset and vision demonstrated in his assessment and acquisition
of the Lolworth Range project. My recent trip served to confirm my
early impressions, and I very much look forward to working closely
with him and benefitting from his expertise as we develop our asset
portfolio."
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
ECR Minerals plc Tel: +44 (0) 20 7929 1010
David Tang, Non-Executive Chairman
Andrew Haythorpe, CEO
Email:
info@ecrminerals.com
Website: www.ecrminerals.com
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ABOUT ECR MINERALS PLC
ECR Minerals is a mineral exploration and development company.
ECR's wholly owned Australian subsidiary Mercator Gold Australia
Pty Ltd ("MGA") has 100% ownership of the Bailieston and Creswick
gold projects in central Victoria, Australia, has eight licence
applications outstanding including two licence applications lodged
in eastern Victoria. (Tambo gold project). MGA is currently
drilling at both the Bailieston (EL5433) and Creswick (EL6148)
projects and has an experienced exploration team with significant
local knowledge in the Victoria Goldfields and wider region.
https://mercatorgold.com.au/
ECR also owns 100% of an Australian subsidiary LUX Exploration
Pty Ltd ("LUX") which has three licence applications covering 900
km2 covering a relatively unexplored area in Queensland,
Australia.
https://luxexploration.com/
Following the sale of the Avoca, Moormbool and Timor gold
projects in Victoria, Australia to Fosterville South Exploration
Ltd (TSX-V: FSX) and the subsequent spin-out of the Avoca and Timor
projects to Leviathan Gold Ltd (TSX-V: LVX), Mercator Gold
Australia Pty Limited has the right to receive up to A$2 million in
payments subject to future resource estimation or production from
projects sold to Fosterville South Exploration Limited.
ECR holds a 70% interest in the Danglay gold project; an
advanced exploration project located in a prolific gold and copper
mining district in the north of the Philippines, which has a 43-101
compliant resource. ECR also holds a royalty on the SLM gold
project in La Rioja Province, Argentina and can potentially receive
up to US$2.7 million in aggregate across all licences.
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