LEADERSHIP

Harte starts 2018 with influx of appointments

Board and management team updated to ready Sugar Zone mine for production

Staff reporter
Harte has made a number of appointments to move the Sugar Zone mine into production

Harte has made a number of appointments to move the Sugar Zone mine into production

The company has appointed Fergus Kerr as a director, Roger Emdin as vice president of operations, Jeffery Hanson as mill superintendent, David Stevenson as chief exploration geologist, Cameron Andrews as mine engineer and Kim Hanson as purchasing/warehouse coordinator.

Amid all the appointments, director and officer George Flach has resigned, but will continue to work as an independent consultant on Harte's 2018 exploration programme.

Kerr has 35 years' of experience as a mining engineer and consults globally, with recent projects in Mongolia, Indonesia and Australia. He previously spent 14 years working at Denison Mines' (CN:DNN) Elliot Lake uranium mine, where he was general manager for five years.

Emdin has been with Harte since 2015 as VP of projects and will be in charge of the development of the Sugar Zone mine. He has over 30 years' of experience and previously worked at Glencore (LN:GLEN) where he was mine manager at the Nickel Rim South mine in Ontario.

Hanson and Stevenson both also have over 30 years' experience in their fields, with the former most recently serving as plant/mine manager at the Silvertip mine for JDS Silver and the latter serving as principal geologist at Minerals and Metals Group, exploration/mine manager at Wolfden Resources (CN:WLF), and vice president of Mustang Minerals Corp (CN:MUM).

Andrews was previously a mine planner for Klondex Mines (CN:KDX) and prior to that was a mining engineer for Sumitomo's (JP:8053) Pogo mine in Alaska.

Hanson has over 20 years' experience and most recently was procurement purchasing coordinator for JDS Silver.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Journal Intelligence team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Journal Intelligence team.

editions

ESG Mining Company Index: Benchmarking the Future of Sustainable Mining

The ESG Mining Company Index report provides an in-depth evaluation of ESG performance of 61 of the world's largest mining companies. Using a robust framework, it assesses each company across 9 meticulously weighted indicators within 6 essential pillars.

editions

Mining Journal Intelligence Global Leadership Report 2024: Net Zero

Gain insights into decarbonisation trends and strategies from interviews with 20+ top mining executives and experts plus an industrywide survey.

editions

Mining Journal Intelligence Project Pipeline Handbook 2024

View our 50 top mining projects, handpicked using a unique, objective selection process from a database of 450+ global assets.

editions

Mining Journal Intelligence Investor Sentiment Report 2024

Survey revealing the plans, priorities, and preferences of 120+ mining investors and their expectations for the sector in 2024.