Walkabout Resources Ltd (ASX:WKT) has bolstered its management team with the appointment of its CEO and executive director Andrew Cunningham to the role of managing director.
Cunningham has extensive cross-discipline technical and management experience in the minerals industry, predominantly in Africa and Australia and has worked in a range of commodities and geological styles including uranium, iron ore, graphite, diamonds, gold and base metals.
During the last 20-plus years, Cunningham has managed all facets of exploration and development projects in Africa from project generation to the completion of feasibility studies.
The appointment comes at a time when the company is advancing its Lindi Jumbo Graphite Mine in Tanzania.
Notable experience
Cunningham has held senior geology and exploration positions with major international mining companies as well as various ASX and TSX-listed companies.
He has been working with Walkabout since 2013 and brings a wide range of exploration, resource development, mine geology and management experience to the company.
He also holds a BSc Hons in Geology from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa and is a member of the Australian Institute of Geosciences.
About the company
Walkabout is developing the high-grade Lindi Jumbo Graphite Project in Southeast Tanzania to take advantage of forecast market conditions for Large and Jumbo flake graphite products.
The company holds 100% of a mining licence and between 70% and 100% of adjacent graphite prospecting licences at Lindi Jumbo with an enduring option to acquire the remaining 30% share.
In addition to the Lindi Jumbo Project, Walkabout is also exploring in southwest Tanzania at the Amani Hard Rock Gold Project.
The company has also acquired an exciting exploration portfolio for gold and base metals in Scotland and Northern Ireland and is conducting ongoing mineral exploration in these areas.