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ARIKA RESOURCES LIMITED — Board/Management Information 2017
Dec 3, 2017
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Board/Management Information
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ASX RELEASE: 4 DECEMBER 2017
METALICITY STRENGTHENS BOARD AND MANAGEMENT
Metalicity Limited (ASX:MCT) (“MCT” or “Company”) is pleased to report that it has appointed current Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Mr Justin Barton, to the board of the Company as an Executive Director (Finance Director) effective from the 1[st] January 2018.
Mr Barton is a Chartered Accountant with over 19 years’ experience in accounting, international finance and M&A in the mining industry. He worked for over 13 years in the Big 4 Accounting firms in Australia and Europe and advised many of the world’s largest mining, oil & gas companies and financial institutions, including Rio Tinto, Chevron, Macquarie, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank. Justin also worked for 4 years at Paladin Energy Limited as Group Tax and Finance Manager and advised on their plant construction and mining operations in Africa and their expansion into Canada. More recently, he has worked as the CFO and been a Board Member of a number of junior exploration companies. Mr Barton is currently a Board member of Interposed Holdings Limited.
Current Non-Executive Director Chris Bain has informed the board he wishes to step down from the board of Metalicity to pursue other business opportunities in the resources sector. Mr Bain was a founding director of Metalicity, instrumental in the acquisition of the Admiral Bay Zinc Project, funding agreement with Resource Capital Funds (RCF) and other exploration and acquisition activities for Metalicity.
Metalicity Chairman Andrew Daley commented:
“We are very excited to have Justin come on board as an Executive Director given his level of expertise in international finance and M&A in the mining industry, and the appointment strengthens the Metalicity board and management team. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Bain for his outstanding contribution to the company and to wish him well and the future. Mr Bain will continue as a consultant to the Company and remains a close friend, and shareholder, of Metalicity.”
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About Metalicity Limited
Metalicity Limited is an Australian exploration company with a primary focus on the base metals sector and the development of a world class pipeline of zinc projects including the high-grade Napier Range Zinc Project and the large-scale Admiral Bay Zinc Project, both located in the north west of Australia. The Company’s secondary focus is the lithium and cobalt sector with early stage exploration projects located in existing world class and/or emerging districts for lithium and cobalt. The Company is supported by a management team with significant collective experience in the resources sector as well as private equity, institutional and retail funds.