London Mining is pleased to announce the appointment of John Wonnacott, as the Project Director for the Isua Project in Greenland and Rinaldo Nardi as Senior Specialist in Mineral Processing and Plant Design.
John Wonnacott is a civil and geotechnical engineer with 30 years experience with particular expertise in the development of projects in cold weather climates. Most notably between 1997 and 2003 John was the Deputy Project manager and Chief Engineer of the Diavik Diamond Mine in Canada where he hired, led and directed a team of engineers responsible for the design and construction of a $1.3 billion new mine installation 100 Km south of Arctic Circle.
Rinaldo Nardi is a mining engineer and is also a doctor in mineral engineering. He has 35 years experience including 25 years with Vale. Rinaldo has significant expertise of managing both iron ore and coal projects at the design, construction and start-up stages.
John and Rinaldo augment the project and technical services teams led by COO Luciano Ramos. Luciano's team has recently been expanded to provide support for the continued fast track development of projects in China, Sierra Leone, Saudi Arabia and Greenland.
In the last quarterly report London Mining announced the hiring of Phillip Sterling, a metallurgical engineer with over 25 years experience with Samarco Mineração Rio do Norte, Savage River Mines and BHP Billiton, as General Manager for Mineral Processing, Engineering & Mining Operations, and Sergio Guedes, a geologist with over 20 years experience and formerly with CVRD and Rio Tinto, as General Manager for Mineral Resources. Separately, David Keili, a Sierra Leone national with extensive western training in the US including an MBA, and 28 years experience in civil engineering and mining, was appointed as Project Director for the Marampa Project in Sierra Leone.
Luciano Ramos said "The success of any company is directly linked with the competency and capability of its team. London Mining's investment in the right people has been the cornerstone of its success so far and we continue to build on our core of industry professionals with experience of some of the world's best mining projects. Our aim is to have a technical services and project management capability that will enable us to execute our ambition to become a leading mining company."
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