Andrew Penkethman has been appointed chief executive of Ardea Resources. Mr Penkethman is a resources sector executive and geologist with over 25 years of experience in the resources industry.
PengFei Zhao has been appointed an alternate director to ZhaoZhong Wong at Bauxite Resources.
Joe Totaro will be stepping down as chief financial officer and company secretary of GR Engineering Services on April 16. He has been with the company since its inception in 2006 and will join the board as non-executive director in July. Omesh Motiwalla has been appointed as his replacement. Mr Motiwalla is a Chartered Accountant with 18 years of experience in the mining industry and private practice, including as a partner of Deloitte’s corporate finance team.
Daniel Saint Don has been appointed non-executive director of Graphex Mining. He is based in Denver and has over 30 years of operational and technical experience in North America and internationally. Mr Saint Don is highly familiar with the company’s Chilalo Project, having visited the site and being involved in due diligence activities.
Simon Jackson, recently appointed non-executive director of Kopore Metals, will succeed Grant Ferguson as managing director. Mr Ferguson will remain with the company as non-executive director.
MZI Resources has appointed current non-executive director Ronald Beevor as non-executive chair, and Peter Nicholson and Chris Corbett as non-executive directors (representing Resource Capital Funds). It follows the resignations of non-executive chair Rodney Baxter and non-executive director Maree Arnason.
Nick Beattie has resigned as chief financial officer and joint company secretary of Range Resources. Current group financial controller Theo Eleftheriades will assume the role of acting chief financial officer, and current group corporate development manager Evgenia Bezruchko also assumes the role of joint company secretary.
Jeff Foster has resigned as non-executive director of Riversgold.
Rex Turkington has stepped down as non-executive director of TNG.