Richardson joined the company at the start of 2018 and has more than 20 years' experience working at vanadium operations in Australia, Canada and the US.
He has previously filled production and technical management roles at AMG Vanadium, VanadiumCorp, Midwest Vanadium and Evraz Stratcor, including time at the Windimurra mine and production site in western Australia.
Creation of the COO role is part of Australian Vanadium's management restructuring to drive delivery of the project.