Apollo Minerals Ltd (ASX:AON) has bolstered its Board of Directors through the appointment of Neil Inwood as managing director and John Welborn as non-executive chairman of the company, effective today.
Appointing these two renowned executives provides the company with focused and experienced leadership following positive exploration success at the Kroussou Zinc-Lead Project in Gabon.
Previous chairman Ian Middlemas remains a strong and supportive presence on the company’s board as a non-executive director and one of AON’s largest shareholders.
Success with AON
Inwood was appointed as an executive director of AON in February 2021 and has been instrumental in establishing the company’s drilling and exploration programs at the province-scale Kroussou project.
He has also led the team to the recent Niamabimbou discovery and growth in the developing large-scale Dikaki discovery.
Inwood is a geologist with more than 25 years of international experience in the exploration and mining industry, particularly in base metals, gold and speciality metals.
He has had significant management, consulting and venture capital experience, and was previously managing director of Berkut Minerals Limited, executive geologist with Verona Capital, principal resource geologist with Coffey Mining, and spent nine years with Barrick Gold in senior positions.
African experience
Welborn was appointed as a non-executive director of AON in February 2021 and is a highly accomplished and internationally respected resource company director with significant relevant African experience.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Welborn is French speaking and has operated extensively in West and Central Africa, including the successful development and/or operation of mining projects in Mali, Cote D’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Senegal, Gabon, Cameroon and the Republic of Congo.