Anson Resources Ltd (ASX:ASN) has strengthened the skills base of its board with two key appointments following the recent unfortunate passing of former chairman Bruce MacLeod.
Michael van Uffelen has been appointed a non-executive director while company founder and managing director Bruce Richardson has been appointed executive chairman and chief executive officer.
Passing of former chairman left skills gap
The passing of Bruce MacLeod left a skills gap at the board level and the company believes the appointments will address the gap.
Van Uffelen is an experienced director, CFO and company secretary actively engaged in managing companies.
30 years’ experience
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia and is a Chartered Accountant with more than 30 years’ experience gained with major accounting firms, investment banks and public companies.
Van Uffelen was formerly the company secretary and CFO of Anson and is very familiar with the company’s activities and ambitions, particularly the Paradox Lithium Project in Utah, USA.
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The company recently produced its first lithium hydroxide product from the Paradox project.
This was produced during precipitation test work carried out by Lilac Solutions on a 1000-litre bulk sample extracted from the free-flowing Cane Creek 32-1 well.
Lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide have now been successfully produced from Cane Creek brine using the Lilac process.
Anson is examining different production processes to assess the best recovery and purity results from the Cane Creek brines, which will also provide the best financial returns.
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The estimated lithium brine exploration target for Paradox was also recently increased by 30% due to the staking of additional claims in the area by Anson’s Utah-based subsidiary A1 Lithium.
This target is now between 85 million and 171 million tonnes of brine using an estimated grade of 140 to 500 ppm lithium.