Bellevue Gold Ltd (ASX:BGL) has enhanced its project development team by appointing highly experienced resources executives Darren Stralow and Bill Stirling as chief executive officer and general manager respectively.
Stralow and Stirling, both of whom are mining engineers, have had distinguished careers with Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:NST), among other leading mining and contracting groups.
“Wealth of experience”
Bellevue managing director Steve Parsons said: Mr Stralow and Mr Stirling would bring a wealth of experience in the key areas of project development and operations, commercial management and contractual negotiations.
“Darren and Bill have extensive skills and experience in developing and operating gold projects.
“With all our funding now in place, we are ramping up development at Bellevue.
“This will see us finalising key contracts for the supply of equipment and services, completing a host of important commercial agreements and, of course, building the mine and processing plant."
Notable positions
Stralow was most recently chief development officer at Northern Star, he was also general manager of operations where he oversaw several operational expansions and recreated safety systems to drive industry-leading safety performance.
Stirling’s roles at Northern Star included general manager of Jundee, general manager of the Kalgoorlie Operations (Kanowna Belle, Kundana, SKO) and general manager of Bronzewing.
He was also responsible for significant operational expansion projects at Jundee, contract negotiations, capital projects, team development and systems implementation.
Parsons adds: “When it comes to ensuring these activities are completed on time and on budget, there is nothing like having done it all before.
“Darren and Bill have done all this before and done it very successfully, so we look forward to them joining what is an outstanding team of committed people who are determined to maximise the great opportunity we have at Bellevue.”
Outgoing COO
Parsons adds: “With the restructuring of the project development team, Craig Jones role as chief operations officer has come to an end, though he will remain engaged in a consulting capacity to support the transition.
The MD thanked Jones for his significant contribution to the project’s development. “Craig has played a central role in advancing Bellevue to this stage, helping create significant value along the journey.”