Latrobe Magnesium Limited (ASX:LMG) has broadened its skills-based board with the appointment of experienced environmental lawyer and corporate advisor Michelle Blackburn as a non-executive director, effective September 1, 2022.
Blackburn has extensive experience in complex environmental law and has represented Australian states and federal governments and local and international legal entities for more than 20 years.
Her early experience was in legal roles in the Victorian Government, before practising as a solicitor for many years, including as a senior associate at Minter Ellison Lawyers, principal of her own legal practice in Gippsland and as a partner at Corrs Chambers Westgarth, managing Victorian and West Australian environment and planning teams.
Significant academic qualifications
Blackburn has impressive academic credentials. After graduating from Melbourne University with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons), she went on to gain a Masters in Social Science (Planning and Environment) from RMIT University and later, designed and delivered a Juris Doctor subject as the Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne.
She has been a director of South Gippsland Water, chairman of Lifeline Gippsland and a director of Interchange Gippsland, and has also served as a member of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal sitting on its planning and environment list.
About Latrobe
Latrobe is developing a magnesium production plant in Victoria's Latrobe Valley using its world-first patented extraction process. The company intends to extract and sell magnesium metal and cementitious material from industrial fly ash, which is currently a waste resource from Yallourn's brown coal power station.
It has completed a feasibility study validating its combined hydrometallurgical/thermal reduction process that extracts the metal. Construction has commenced at the initial 1,000 tonne per annum magnesium plant, with commissioning targeted to commence at the end of the second quarter of 2023.
A commercial plant will then be developed, with a capacity of more than 10,000 tonnes per annum magnesium, shortly thereafter. The company plans to sell the refined magnesium under long-term contracts to US and Japanese customers.