Modern Mining August 2018

MINING News

Prospect strengthens its management team one of the leading international mining figures of the next generation. He has built his experience within First Quantum, one of the great international mining companies, whose origins also began in Africa. Sam is a strong leader and team player and he is expected to be pivotal in helping the board take Prospect into the ranks of lithium pro- ducer companies.”

where most recently he was responsible for the construction of a 1 Mt/a cement business in the DRC at an estimated cost of US$300 million. NixonMugwadhi has taken on the role of Mining Manager. He has been involved in establishing starter mines and brings a series of operational readiness and mine planning strengths. He will be primarily focused on grade control, blast and frag- mentation of the lithium-bearing minerals, and efficiency of mining. Malcolm Titley will be responsible for grade control. He has over 36 years of mine operation, resource estimation and grade control experience. He will also focus on the integration of the process plant, pro- duction geology and mine management. In parallel, there is a focus on the develop- ment of mine productivity improvements such as ‘short interval control’, blast move- ment monitoring and ore dilution analysis, with spin off opportunities in mine pro- duction team mentoring and training. 

ASX-Listed Prospect Resources, which is developing the Arcadia lithium project near Harare in Zimbabwe, has appointed Sam Hosack to the board of the company as Managing Director. Hosack is a third generation Zim­ babwean, residing in Western Australia. He holds a Bachelors Engineering Degree (Hons) from Essex University in the UK and an MBA from Ashcroft Business School (UK). For the past 12 years he has been employed by First Quantum Minerals, pri- marily in their Projects team, where most recently he project managed the building of a port (coal offloading and copper load- ing), a 120 km, 230 kV transmission line and a 300 MW coal-fired power station for the Minera Panama project in Panama. HughWarner, Executive Chairman, com- mented:“Prospect is moving from being an exploration company to a mining company and its leadership team is being expanded to include additional personnel with signifi- cant mining operations experience. Sam is

Prospect has also announced the appointment of several key operations personnel to take the Arcadia project forward. Trevor Barnard joins the team to lead the development process as Project Manager, presiding over the design, fabrication and supply of materials and equipment, construction and commis- sioning. His selection is on the basis that his role will progress to General Manager, for which his experience is substantial. He was country MD of PPC Ltd’s busi- ness in Zimbabwe and separately the DRC for numerous periods over the last 20 years,