Copper Search Limited (ASX:CUS) (Copper Search or the Company) is pleased to announce it
has appointed experienced mining executive Duncan Chessell as Chief Executive Officer.
Mr Chessell is a qualified geologist who is currently Managing Director of gold and battery metals explorer Resolution Minerals Ltd (ASX: RML).
He was responsible for co-founding and listing Resolution (as Northern Cobalt) in 2017 and has acted in a variety of executive and board roles with ASX-listed and public unlisted companies, along with not-for-profit groups.
Mr Chessell will start his employment with Copper Search in early May 2022, based in Adelaide. Once he takes up the role, current Managing Director Peter McIntyre will move to become a Non- Executive Director.
Copper Search Chairman Chris Sutherland said:
“We are pleased to have secured Duncan’s services as CEO and look forward to him driving the exploration program on the Company’s tenements in South Australia’s Gawler Craton.
“With the change in leadership, we need to acknowledge Peter’s contribution in expertly steering the Company through its ASX listing last year and the commencement of drilling shortly thereafter.”
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