Globe Metals & Mining Ltd (ASX:GBE) expects to reap the benefits of considerable African mining experience through the appointment of Paul Smith as chief operating officer (COO) effective immediately.
Smith has more than 30 years of experience as a senior mining industry executive across exploration, feasibility, project development and operations management on a global platform.
He has extensive experience with start-up and turnaround strategies, leveraging significant expertise in stockbroking, corporate finance and project funding in delivering key business objectives.
The new COO has previously held senior executive positions with Aquarius Platinum Limited (now part of Sibanye Stillwater Limited), Weiszwe Platinum Limited and more recently Impala Platinum Holdings Limited.
“Significant milestone”
Globe’s chief executive officer Grant Hudson said: “The appointment of Paul Smith as COO is a significant milestone in the evolution of Globe from junior explorer to operating mining company.
"Paul is a senior figure in African mining circles and has substantial mining expertise and broad experience in capital markets and he will play an extremely important role in the continued development of Globe as a world-class supplier of strategic metals. We are excited to have him on board.”
Smith has a Bachelor of Science, Geology & Chemistry from Rhodes University (South Africa), a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) from Stellenbosch University (South Africa), a Graduate Diploma in Extractive Metallurgy from Camborne School of Mines (United Kingdom), and a Master of Business Administration from Stellenbosch University (South Africa).