Bradda Head Lithium Limited (AIM:BHL, OTCQB:BHLIF, TSX-V:BHLI) has announced the appointment of Joseph (Joey) Wilkins, a highly-regarded geologist with significant experience of working in Arizona and Nevada, as COO (chief operating officer) with immediate effect.
The North America-focused lithium development company noted that Wilkins has held positions at a number of mining companies, including director of Exploration Great Basin at Coeur Mining, which had assets in Nevada; vice president and chief geologist, as well as being president and CEO, at Aztec Minerals Corp, which had assets in Arizona and Sonora, Mexico, guiding the company to public company status including a C$4.0mln Initial Public Offering (IPO); and also working as a principal geologist with Kennecott Exploration Co (Rio Tinto) in the Western US and Mexico.
It pointed out that Wilkins has extensive experience in porphyry (copper, gold and molybdenum), epithermal (gold and silver), magmatic (nickel and copper) and Industrial Minerals (boron and lithium). He also has extensive knowledge of geologic & alteration mapping, geochemical interpretation, geophysical interpretation and geotechnical applications, corporate finance and project management and in exploration permitting.
Wilkins will be replacing Jim Guilinger as COO, who has been working with Bradda since 2016 on its portfolio of assets, the company added.
In a statement, Charles FitzRoy, CEO of Bradda Head Lithium, commented: "We would like to thank Jim Guilinger for all the time and effort he has put into Bradda Head since the assets were acquired back in 2016. We are delighted to welcome Joey to the senior management team at Bradda. He is a highly-regarded geologist in the US arena with extensive experience and knowledge of US geology, specifically in Arizona and Nevada, as well as in project management and permitting across numerous commodities including lithium."
FitzRoy added: "This is an exciting time for Bradda; we have extensive programmes planned for 2023 and look forward to working with Joey, utilising his expertise across our portfolio and taking our projects forward."