Marula Mining PLC
(“Marula’’ or the “Company”)
16
February 2024
Expansion to Marula’s Executive Management
Team
Marula Mining (AQSE: MARU), an African focused mining and
development company, is pleased to announce that the Company has
appointed Ms. Jana van Wyk, as a
General Manager of its Southern African operations effective from
1 March 2024, as part of the
Company’s continuing strengthening of its executive management
team.
Ms. van Wyk, holds a BSc with Honours in Geology, Chemistry and
Environmental Geology from North-West University. Over the past
several years, she has gained significant experience in the
Northern Cape, where the Company’s Blesberg Lithium and Tantalum
Mine is operating. Most recently, Ms. van Wyk held the role of
General Manager for South African copper producer, Copper 360
Limited, where she was involved in mineral resource management,
quality control from processing the final product, and assisted in
the company’s strategic planning and direction which transformed it
from a minor copper producer to a medium copper producer, and
management of copper production from the SX/EW copper
plant.
In her General Manager role in South
Africa, Ms. van Wyk will be responsible for the mineral
resource management, engineering and maintenance programs, and the
health and safety aspects of the Company’s Southern African
operations and projects. Additional responsibilities also include
assisting in strategic planning, fleet management, equipment and
supply chain management, stockpile management, and grade and
quality control of saleable products and risk
management.
Jason Brewer, Marula Mining
PLC CEO said:
“As we advance Blesberg further down the development timeline,
we need highly skilled and trained individuals to help manage the
mine. This is why we are delighted to have Ms. Jana van Wyk join us as General Manager in
South Africa. Her recent
experience as a General Manager at Copper360, and her strong
technical background, will no doubt be a great asset in effectively
developing and expanding the Blesberg Mine and progressing our
other projects in the region.
“Not only will her experience as a General Manager at Copper
360 compliment the Blesberg operations team, but it will also
benefit the Company in its broader projects’ development in
Southern and East
Africa.
“Jana will be joining the Marula executive management team on
1 March 2024. I look forward to
working with her and seeing the continued development of our
battery metals projects in Africa.”
The Directors of Marula are responsible for the contents of
this announcement.
About Marula Mining
Marula Mining (AQSE: MARU) is an African focused battery metals
investment and exploration company and has interests in several
high value mine projects in Africa; the Blesberg Lithium and Tantalum Mine
and Korridor Lithium Project in South
Africa, the Kinusi Copper Mine, the Nyorinyori Graphite
Project, the NyoriGreen Graphite Project and the Bagamoyo Graphite
Project all in Tanzania and the
Nkombwa Hill Project in Zambia. As
we advance operations at these battery metals focused projects,
Marula will continue to build and expand its interests in other
high-quality projects in Africa.
Marula’s strategy is to identify and invest in advanced and
high-value mining projects throughout East, Central and
Southern Africa that the Directors
believe would deliver returns for its shareholders. The Board and
management team aims to establish Marula as a socially and
environmentally responsible, sustainable, and profitable producer
of critical metals and commodities that are of increasingly
strategic importance to modern technologies and the global
economy.
Marula’s shares are traded on the AQUIS Stock Exchange (AQSE),
Marula is exploring opportunities to admit its shares to trading on
the London Stock Exchange plc’s Standard List Market, Kenya’s
Nairobi Securities Exchange and South Africa’s Johannesburg Stock
Exchange.
For enquiries contact:
Marula Mining PLC
Jason Brewer,
Chief Executive Officer
Faith Kinyanjui Mumbi
Investor Relations
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Certain statements in this announcement, are, or may be deemed to
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