Aspire Mining Limited - Appoints Phil Rundell As Chief Financial Officer And Fergus Campbell As General Manager Of Operations
11.02.2011 | ABN Newswire
15:40 AEST Feb 11, 2011 ABN Newswire (C) 2004-2011 Asia Business News PL. All Rights Reserved.Sydney, Australia (ABN Newswire) - Mongolian-focused coking coal explorer Aspire Mining Limited (ASX: AKM) (PINK: ASPXF) ('Aspire') is pleased to announce the appointments of a Chief Financial Officer and General Manager of Operations.
Phil Rundell will take on the role of Chief Financial Officer in addition to his current role as Company Secretary.
Mr Rundell has over 30 years experience as a Chartered Accountant. He was a partner at Coopers and Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP) and a director at Ferrier Hodgson.
Aspire has also appointed Fergus Campbell to the position of General Manager, Operations.
Mr Campbell is a mining engineer with over 20 years experience in mine and project management. He has held positions with Straits Resources Ltd (ASX: SRL) and HWE Mining Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Leighton Holdings Ltd (ASX: LEI), with particular emphasis on iron ore and new coal mine development.
While a project manager with PT Darma Henwa (JAK: DEWA), Mr Campbell managed the development and construction of the Bengalon Coal Project in East Kalimantan, taking it to a 6 million tonnes per annum production rate within 22 months of mobilisation.
Aspire Managing Director David Paull said the key appointments will bolster the company considerably as it enters an exciting growth phase bringing its 100% owned Ovoot Coking Coal Project in northern Mongolia into production.
About Aspire Mining Limited:
Aspire Mining Limited (ASX:AKM) is an ASX listed resource company focused on developing world class quality coking coal projects in Mongolia. The Company acquired 100% of the Ovoot Coking Coal Project and the Nuramt Coal Project in February 2010. Drilling at the Ovoot Coking Coal Project commenced in April 2010 and has now established a significant maiden 330.7 million tonne JORC Resource.
The Company has three quality coal projects in Mongolia and is looking to aggressively develop this portfolio further in the coming year.
Contact:
David Paull
Managing Director
Aspire Mining Limited
Tel: +61-8-9381-1995
Email: info@aspiremininglimited.com
http://www.aspiremininglimited.com