Following OZ Minerals’ 50.1% ownership of Avanco Resources, it has appointed Andrew Cole as non-executive chair, and Mark Irwin & Warrick Ranson as non-executive directors of Avanco. As a result, Anthony Polglase, Simon Mottram, Luis Azevedo and Luiz Ferraz have retired from the board of Avanco. Anthony Polglase remains an executive at Avanco as chief executive, Brazil; Simon Mottram as head of exploration, Brazil; and Luis Azevedo as head of legal and business development, Brazil.
Mark Hepburn has joined Birimian as corporate development manager and will be responsible for the development of Birimian’s external stakeholder relationships, focusing on shareholders and the institutional investment community. Mr Hepburn has more than 28 years of experience in global financial capital markets and his career has been firmly focused on the resource sector with ASX-listed explorers and producers.
David Fyfe has resigned as non-executive director of RBR Group due to the increasing demand on his executive role at Western Power.
Elizabeth Hunt has resigned as non-executive director of Victory Mines but will remain as company secretary.