New Managing Director Appointed

Frank is an Australian citizen and has held the position of Surface Mining Manager for AngloGold Ashanti Australia since 2006, based in Perth, WA. Prior to this, Frank was Mine Manager at Sunrise Dam, also in WA. From 1997 to 2004, Frank was General Manager at AngloGold’s Navachab Mine in Namibia and a Director of AngloGold Namibia (Pty) Ltd.
From 1991 to 1997, Frank was employed by Anglovaal Limited, as Senior Mining Engineer in head office (Johannesburg), as Head of Department Mining and Mine Planning (Lavino underground chrome mine) and Manager Iron Ore (Beeshoek mine), in South Africa. Frank was employed from 1989 to 1991 as a mining engineer by Rössing Uranium Limited, part of the Rio Tinto Group, in Namibia. From 1982 to 1989, Frank worked for Anglo American Corporation at the Western Deep Levels gold mine in South Africa.
 
Frank received a BSc (Engineering - Mining) and, subsequently, an MSc (Engineering - Mineral Economics) from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.
 
The Company’s directors believe that Frank brings essential skills sets to IBML, particularly in the fields of Mining Engineering and Management. In addition, we believe that his several years of experience in Namibia, including his knowledge of and familiarity with key stakeholders in the country, will be of considerable benefit to the company.
 
We welcome Frank to the IBML team.