AuTECO Minerals Ltd (ASX:AUT) believes the vast resources industry experience and knowledge of newly appointed non-executive director Kevin Tomlinson will be invaluable as it seeks to grow the 2.3-million-ounce gold resource at the Pickle Crow Project in Canada.
Tomlinson has more than three decades of experience in major discoveries, exploration and resource growth, mine development and financing of mining projects globally and has also played leading roles in many successful mergers and acquisitions.
Bellevue Gold chairman
He is currently independent non-executive chairman of highly successful ASX300 company Bellevue Gold Ltd (ASX:BGL) (Bellevue Gold Ltd (ASX:BGL)) and was previously managing director of Investment Banking at Westwind Partners and Stifel Nicolaus (2006-2012).
In this capacity, he raised significant equity and provided M&A corporate advice.
“Wealth of experience”
AuTECO’s executive chairman Ray Shorrocks said: “Kevin brings a wealth of experience across all aspects of the resources industry, ranging from exploration and development to production and corporate transactions.”
The new director is also the former chair of ASX/TSX-listed Cardinal Resources Ltd (ASX:CDV), leading its C$587 million sale to Shandong Gold and was also a non-executive director at Centamin PLC (LSE:CEY, TSX:CEE, OTC:CELTF), which discovered and built a significant gold mine in Egypt.
He is currently a non-executive director of Kodiak Copper Corp and Churchill Resources Inc.
“Will be invaluable”
“His skills and knowledge will be invaluable to AuTECO as we implement our strategy to continue growing the 2.3-million-ounce resource (at 7.8 g/t gold) at our Pickle Crow Project in Canada and demonstrate the immense value of this asset to the global investment community,” Shorrocks said.
Tomlinson is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment (CISI), a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of International Bankers (UK).
He holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) and a Masters degree in Structural Geology and has a Graduate Diploma in Finance and Investment, Banking, Corporate, Finance and Securities Law from the Securities Institute of Australia.
About Pickle Crow
AuTECO is an emerging mineral exploration company focused on advancing high-grade gold resources at the Pickle Crow Project in the world-class Uchi sub-province of Ontario, Canada.
The company has a new 50,000-metre drilling program underway aimed at expediting growth of the 2.3-million-ounce resource.
Pickle Crow is one of Canada’s highest-grade gold mines – historically producing 1.5 million ounces at 16 g/t gold.