The company said Ryan McDermott would go from running 80%-owned Konnex Resources, which is the owner of the Empire project, to also looking after other prospects in its portfolio.
He will oversee felllow Phoenix subsidiary Borah Resources and its Bighorn and Redcastle projects, and the Gordon Lake project in Canada's Northwest Territories.
McDermott joined the company in 2017 and oversaw the Empire PEA released in April.