Kingwest Resources Ltd (ASX:KWR) has strengthened its board with the appointment of Alex McCulloch as a non-executive director.
McCulloch has a career spanning more than 35 years across Australian, North American and Tanzanian mining industries with a particular focus on the Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia.
He started his career as a mine surveyor and then completed a mining engineering qualification at the WA School of Mines whilst working at the ‘Superpit’ gold mine in Kalgoorlie.
McCulloch has worked with Barrick Gold Corp, Newmont Mining Corp and Rio Tinto in various mining engineering roles and later moved into mining contracting where he rose to the position of chief operating officer - Australian Operations for Ausdrill Limited.
“Ideal time to augment skills”
Kingwest CEO Ed Turner said: “This is an ideal time to begin augmenting the skills of the board and management as we advance the mineral resource estimate upgrades for Menzies and integrate this with economic studies (scoping study) to be delivered promptly afterwards.
“Furthermore, Alex’s experience in taking projects from the discovery stage into standalone production at locations such as Beacon Minerals Jaurdi Hills will be extremely valuable to Kingwest.”
The company is pleased to have McCulloch’s input and assistance as it progresses the Menzies Gold Project towards production and also with the Goongarrie Gold Project.
Following recent drilling success, Kingwest believes Goongarrie has the potential to be a major discovery.