– UK, London – ECR Minerals plc (LON: ECR), the gold exploration and development company focused on Australia, announced the proposed appointment of Chris Gibbs to its Board as a non-executive director.
About Chris Gibbs
- Former CEO of ASX-listed American Rare Earths, when it advanced its 2.63 billion tonne Halleck Creek rare earth project and substantially grew its market capitalisation.
- As a former Vice President and General Manager at Argonaut Gold, Chris oversaw the development of the Magino Gold Project in Canada, now a significant producer within Alamos Gold.
- Held executive roles at large international mining companies, including Centerra Gold and Barrick Gold.
- Capital markets experience, including a cornerstone investment for American Rare Earths from Fidelity International.
Chris Gibbs brings over 25 years of international mining executive experience, spanning North America, Australia, Europe, Africa, and South America. His career includes executive positions with a number of large international mining companies.
At American Rare Earths, he was instrumental in its transformation into a development-ready US rare earths company, which substantially increased its market value. At Argonaut Gold, he oversaw the Magino Gold Project from feasibility through to construction and operations readiness. Earlier roles with Centerra Gold, Barrick Gold, and Placer Dome involved large-scale mine development, operational turnarounds, and cost transformation initiatives across multiple jurisdictions.
Chris Gibbs also serves as a Non-Executive Director of ASX-listed Godolphin Resources Limited and is a Director of the Critical Minerals Institute. He resides in Queensland, Australia, the state in which ECR’s core Blue Mountain and Lolworth Projects are located.
About ECR Minerals
ECR Minerals is a mineral exploration and development company. ECR’s wholly owned Australian subsidiary, ECR Minerals (Australia) Pty Ltd, has 100% ownership of the Bailieston and Creswick gold projects in central Victoria, Australia, and has six licence applications outstanding, which include one licence application lodged in eastern Victoria (the Tambo gold project).
ECR also owns 100% of an Australian subsidiary, ECR Minerals (Queensland) Pty Ltd, which has three approved exploration permits covering 946 km2 over a relatively unexplored area in the Lolworth Range, Queensland, Australia. The Company has also submitted a license application at Kondaparinga, which is approximately 120km2 in area and located within the Hodgkinson Gold Province, 80km NW of Mareeba, North Queensland.
Following the sale of the Avoca, Moormboo, and Timor gold projects in Victoria, Australia, to Fosterville South Exploration Ltd (TSX-V: FSX) and the subsequent spin-out of the Avoca and Timor projects to Leviathan Gold Ltd (TSX-V: LVX), MGA has the right to receive up to A$2 million in payment, subject to future resource estimation or production from projects sold to Fosterville South Exploration Limited.
ECR Australia also has approximately A$75 million of unutilised tax losses incurred during previous operations.
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