– UK, London – Sula Iron & Gold plc, the exploration and development company focused on iron ore, gold and coltan in Sierra Leone, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Howard Baker as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect.
Mr Baker is a geologist with over twenty years’ industry experience including exploration geology, mining geology, resource geology and consulting. He spent the early parts of his career working as an exploration and mine geologist at numerous mines worldwide, including Western Mining Corporation’s Mount Keith nickel mine, Anaconda Nickel’s Murrin Murrin nickel laterite mine, Iluka Resources’ Eneabba and Capel heavy mineral sands mines, BHP Billiton’s Yarrie iron ore mine and he worked as a resource geologist for Rio Tinto based out of Perth and Tom Price.
From 2007 to 2015, Mr Baker was a Principal Consultant (Resource Geology) and Practice Leader at SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd (“SRK”). In this capacity he was predominantly responsible for numerous Mineral Resource Estimates, including full project management and sign off for numerous large scale projects, including many based in Africa. Whilst at SRK and of note, Mr Baker acted as the Competent Person for Sula’s Ferensola iron ore resource estimate and the contiguous Tonkolili iron ore resource estimate on behalf of African Minerals Ltd. Mr Baker is currently Managing Director of Baker Geological Services Ltd, an independent geological consultancy. He is also Technical Director of GeoMax Holdings Corporation, a company whose principal focus is the acquisition and development of mineral projects in Brazil.
Mr Baker has a B.Sc. Honours in Applied Geology from Oxford Brookes University and a M.Sc. in Mineral Resource Evaluation from Cardiff University. He is also a Chartered Professional Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Nick Warrell, Chief Executive Officer of Sula, said: “We are delighted to welcome Howard to the board of Sula. His significant expertise and experience will be invaluable to the Company as we progress with the development of the Ferensola Licence area.”
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