Harmony Gold Corp., owner of an option to acquire a 60 percent interest in the Lucky Shot gold property in Alaska from Full Metal Minerals Inc., has appointed a management team, including a technical team with nearly 133 years combined experience working with some of the largest companies in mining, and a project engineer for the high-grade gold project in the Willow Mining District of Southcentral Alaska.
Harmony Gold Corp.'s board of directors includes two top executives from Electrum Capital Inc. – Electrum Capital President and CEO Robert John Harrington and Electrum Capital Vice President Alan Carter. Harrington opened Rio Tinto Corp.’s first office in Peru. Carter is currently a director for Peregrine Diamonds Ltd., a company he helped found and for which he served as chief operating officer for two years.
Rounding out the Harmony Gold directorship is economic geologist John Mark Staude who led exploration groups to build strong portfolios and profitable businesses through prospect generation, early stage partnering, and drill discoveries; and David Drips who specializes in taking on underperforming, or distressed, operations and managing them back to profitability.
Andrew Lee Smith, who co-founded True North Gems, a company exploring and developing the first significant emerald and sapphire deposits in Yukon Territory, will serve as an advisor to Harmony Gold’s board.
“These guys have a lot of experience, and we are looking at some big projects that we can create more value within Harmony’s structure than where they currently operate in,” Harmony Gold Corp. President and CEO Craig Engelsman said.
Michael Petrina will be the project engineer charged with re-opening the historical Lucky Shot Gold Mine. Over the past 27 years Petrina has held positions with a number of companies including chief engineer mine services of Miramar Mining Corporation, manager of mining of Pan American Silver Corp., general manager, operations of Adanac Molybdenum Corp. and most recently vice president operations of Hawthorne Gold Corp.
“We are very pleased that Michael has agreed to join the company as project engineer of the Lucky Shot Gold Mine,” Engelsman said. “His experience will be a valuable asset to the Company and significantly broaden its technical strength.”
Casey Forward, a professional accountant with over 23 years of experience, will serve as interim chief financial officer for Harmony Gold.
The Vancouver B.C.-based junior said it has granted an aggregate of 1.4 million incentive stock options to directors, officers, consultants and employees to purchase its shares at C40 cents per common share for a period of five years.
