Emmerson Resources Ltd (ASX:ERM) has appointed Rod Wheatley as company secretary following the resignation of Paul Mason effective from March 22.
Wheatley is a CPA qualified accountant and has more than 13 years of experience in finance and accounting within the resources industry.
He was formerly chief financial officer of Altura Mining Ltd (OTCMKTS:ALTAF) and prior to that chief financial officer and company secretary at Avenira Ltd (ASX:AEV).
The board acknowledges and thanks Mason for the valuable contribution he made during his tenure and wishes him all the very best in his future endeavours.
New primary gold zone at Mauretania
In February the company uncovered a new primary gold zone at its Mauretania project in two deep diamond holes drilled in late 2020 which further enhance the future development potential.
Best assay results from the lower primary gold zone of diamond drill hole MTDD009 were 8.8 metres at 3.44 g/t gold from 181 metres including 2 metres at 9 g/t from 186 metres.
In the upper oxide zone, this hole intersected high-grade copper of 12 metres at 2.5% copper, 0.26 g/t gold and 0.14% cobalt from 85 metres including 2 metres at 4.1% copper from 90 metres and 9.5 metres at 0.17 g/t gold from 60 metres.