Elvis has left the building August 25
THE BOURSE WHISPERER: The regular game of musical chairs continues within the boardrooms across the resources industry. The Whisperer pokes his head down the corridors of power to take a quick look at some of the chairs to have recently been vacated and to find out which ones have been filled:
New CEO for European Gas
European Gas has appointed Frederic Briens as chief executive officer.
Briens previously held the positions of chief strategy officer and chief operating officer of New York-listed company BPZ Resources.
Briens is a Petroleum Engineer with over twenty-five years of operating and management experience in international conventional and unconventional oil and gas projects spanning the globe.
He has also served in senior technical and operating positions with Conoco, Schlumberger and Chevron.
Briens will be based in France.
Prairie Downs Board and management changes
Prairie Downs Metals has appointed Ian Middlemas as chairman and Mark Pearce as a director, who will also replace Dennis Wilkins as company secretary.
Middlemas is a chartered accountant and has been in commerce for over twenty years holding senior executive positions and directorships with a number of public companies.
He was chairman of Mantra Resources from its Initial Public Offer until its recent takeover by JSC Atomredmetzoloto.
John Welborn and Alec Pismiris will remain as directors however Jeremy Shervington and Mr Stuart Hall have resigned as directors.
Mining engineer joins Board of Middle Island
Linton Kirk has been appointed to the Board of Middle Island Resources as a non-executive director.
Kirk is a mining engineer with more than 30 years of experience in mining operations worldwide.
His operating experience includes gold, iron ore and copper projects in Australia, Zambia, Papua New Guinea, Zimbabwe and Ghana, the majority involving roles as mining manager and/or general manager.
EnviroGold appoints non-executive director
Australian-based mineral resources company, EnviroGold has appointed John Dentice as a director.
Dentice holds a Bachelor of Business Studies from Massey University and a Bachelor of Science from Victoria University in New Zealand.
He is the founder and chairman of the Denman Group, a large private equity investor based in Wellington.
Dentice worked for KPMG in an accounting role before establishing, growing, and divesting a number of businesses.
Olympus Pacific Minerals appoints new COO and restructures management team.
Multi-listed Olympus Pacific Minerals has announced the appointment of Klaus Leiders as chief operating officer.
Leiders has recently worked as underground mine manager for Centerra Gold at its Kumtor Operating Company in Kyrgyzstan.
Leiders’ experience covers both underground and open pit mining methods around the world having managed projects in the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Nigeria, Romania, China, North Korea, and Kyrgyzstan.
Olympus also announced a raft of other changes at Board level.
John Seton is to take over the role of chief executive officer and relinquish his role as chief financial officer.
Current chief operating officer Charles Barclay is to become chief strategy officer.
Jane Bell, formerly vice president finance, has accepted the position of chief financial officer.
David Seton is to remain as executive chairman.