Perth-based gold company View Resources Ltd has announced the appointment of Tim Gooch as managing director and Trevor Cook as chief operating officer of the company.
Perth-based gold company View Resources Ltd has announced the appointment of Tim Gooch as managing director and Trevor Cook as chief operating officer of the company.
Both appointments are with immediate effect.
Mr Gooch, who until now was the chief executive officer of the company, is a qualified mining engineer with over 25 years experience in the mining industry gained both locally in Australia, as well as overseas. He has previously held positions with BGC Contracting, Jubilee Mines, Ashanti Goldfields and Australian Resources.
Mr Cook has over 25 years experience in the mining and extractive industries covering a wide variety of commodities throughout Australia. He has held positions with Bell Brothers, Ashton Gold, Civils Australia, Macmahon Contracting, BGC Contracting as mining operations manager and more recently Consolidated Minerals Ltd as general manager operations.
View is currently completing the final stages of its detailed feasibility study and the preparation of a bankable document for Bronzewing gold project located approximately 400 km north of Kalgoorlie.
In July 2004 View Resources purchased the Bronzewing gold operation from Newmont Yandal Operations Pty Ltd for a total cash consideration of $9 million.
At 1130 WST, shares in View were up 1 cent to 19 cents.
Below is the full announcement:
VIEW APPOINTS NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
The Directors of View Resources Limited (VRE) are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Tim Gooch as Managing Director of the Company. In addition Mr Trevor Cook has accepted the role of Chief Operating Officer for View. Both appointments are with immediate effect.
Tim Gooch
Mr Gooch, who until now was the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, is a qualified mining engineer with over 25 years experience in the mining industry gained both locally in Australia, as well as overseas. Mr Gooch has previously held positions with BGC Contracting, Jubilee Mines, Ashanti Goldfields and Australian Resources.
Trevor Cook
Mr Cook has over 25 years experience in the mining and extractive industries covering a wide variety of commodities throughout Australia. Mr Cook has held positions with Bell Brothers, Ashton Gold, Civils Australia, Macmahon Contracting, BGC Contracting as Mining Operations Manager and more recently Consolidated Minerals Ltd as General Manager Operations.
The appointment of Mr Cook will add valuable expertise to the company as View is currently completing the final stages of its detailed feasibility study and the preparation of a bankable document for Bronzewing. Current studies and models have indicated that the Bronzewing Gold Project presents a commercially viable operation and is ready to proceed into an operational phase of development in the near future.
A major exploration program aimed at identifying more resources is also underway at Bronzewing as detailed in the recent announcement relating to the placement of new shares for $3m.
