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RNS Number : 9958L Atalaya Mining PLC 18 May 2022
18 May 2022
Atalaya Mining Plc.
("Atalaya" or "the Company")
Appointment of Director
Atalaya Mining Plc (AIM:ATYM, TSX:AYM) is pleased to announce that its Board
of Directors has appointed Kate Harcourt, who has over 30 years' experience of
sustainability consultancy in the mining sector, as an independent
Non-Executive Director of the Company.
Over the past 12 years, Kate Jane Harcourt (legal name Kate Jane Richards),
aged 58, has held numerous independent sustainability consultancy roles,
including ESG Officer and ESG Adviser, at a range of UK-linked mining
companies. These include Cornish Lithium, Adriatic Metals and Tara
Resources. Prior to 2010, Mrs. Harcourt's roles included Director of Health,
Safety, Environment, Communities and Securities at MagIndustries, Senior
Environmental Scientist at Golder Associates (UK) Ltd, Senior Environmental
Scientist at Wardell Armstrong and Environmental Scientist at SRK (UK) Ltd.
Mrs. Harcourt has a BSc (Hons) in Natural Environmental Science from Sheffield
University and a MSc in Environmental Technology (Pollution) from Imperial
College. She also holds a Diploma from Imperial College ("DIC"). Mrs. Harcourt
is a Chartered Environmentalist, a Member of the Institution of Environmental
Scientists and was nominated as one of the "100 Global Inspirational Women in
Mining" in 2018.
Roger Davey, Chairman of Atalaya Mining plc., commented:
"I am delighted to welcome Kate to Atalaya. Her appointment as an independent
Non-Executive Director and her expertise in developing sustainable mining
practices will reinforce the work we are already undertaking to decarbonise
our operations and will ensure we deliver best-in-class environmental
strategies going forward, as we grow our production."
Alberto Lavandeira, CEO, commented:
"Atalaya recently published its 2021 Sustainability Report in line with our
commitment to the sustainable management of our mining operations. We
endeavour to achieve excellence in environmental performance, abiding by
environmental standards beyond those set by international regulations, and
Kate's experience will be critical to implementing this ethos across our
portfolio. This is an exciting time for the Company and we are pleased to have
Kate as part of the team."
Additional Information
Details of the names of companies and partnerships of which Mrs Harcourt is or
has been a member of the administrative, management or supervisory bodies or
partners at any time in the five years preceding the date of this document are
set out below:
Current directorships/partnerships Past directorships/partnerships
Condor Gold plc Roxgold Inc
Fortuna Silver Mines Inc.
Orezone Gold Corporation
Save for the above, there is no additional information to be disclosed under
Schedule 2, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies which needs to be
disclosed.
Contacts:
SEC Newgate UK Elisabeth Cowell / Axaule Shukanayeva / Max Richardson + 44 20 3757 6882
4C Communications Carina Corbett +44 20 3170 7973
Canaccord Genuity Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor / James Asensio +44 20 7523 8000
(NOMAD and Joint Broker)
BMO Capital Markets Tom Rider / Andrew Cameron +44 20 7236 1010
(Joint Broker)
Peel Hunt LLP Ross Allister / David McKeown +44 20 7418 8900
(Joint Broker)
About Atalaya Mining Plc
Atalaya is an AIM and TSX-listed mining and development group which produces
copper concentrates and silver by-product at its wholly owned Proyecto
Riotinto site in southwest Spain. Atalaya's current operations include the
Cerro Colorado open pit mine and a modern 15 Mtpa processing plant, which has
the potential to become a centralised processing hub for ore sourced from its
wholly owned regional projects around Riotinto that include Proyecto Masa
Valverde and Proyecto Riotinto East. In addition, the Group has a phased,
earn-in agreement for up to 80% ownership of Proyecto Touro, a brownfield
copper project in the northwest of Spain. For further information, visit
www.atalayamining.com (http://www.atalayamining.com)
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