REG - Bradda Head Lithium - Appointment of Joey Wilkins as COO

Bradda Head LithiumAnnouncement

20/02/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 3637Q  Bradda Head Lithium Ltd  20 February 2023

 

20 February 2023

 

Bradda Head Lithium Ltd

("Bradda Head", "Bradda", "BHL" or the "Company")

 

Appointment of Joey Wilkins as COO

 

Bradda Head Lithium Ltd. (AIM:BHL, TSX-V:BHLI, OTCQB:BHLIF) ("Bradda Head" or
the "Company"), the North America-focused lithium development company, is
delighted to announce the appointment of Joseph (Joey) Wilkins, a
highly-regarded geologist with significant experience of working in Arizona
and Nevada, as COO with immediate effect.

 

Joey is a geologist by trade, having gained his qualification at the
University of Arizona in geoscience. He has held positions at a number of
mining companies including Director of Exploration Great Basin at Coeur
Mining, which had assets in Nevada, Vice President and Chief Geologist, as
well as being President and CEO, at Aztec Minerals Corp, whose assets were in
Arizona and Sonora, Mexico, guiding the company to public company status
including a CAD $4.0M Initial Public Offering (IPO) and also working as a
Principal Geologist with Kennecott Exploration Co (Rio Tinto) in the Western
US and Mexico.

 

Joey has extensive experience in porphyry (copper, gold and molybdenum),
epithermal (gold and silver), magmatic (nickel and copper) and Industrial
Minerals (boron and lithium). He also has extensive knowledge of geologic
& alteration mapping, geochemical interpretation, geophysical
interpretation and geotechnical applications, corporate finance and project
management and in exploration permitting.

 

Joey will be replacing Jim Guilinger as COO, who has been working with Bradda
since 2016 on this portfolio of assets, the Company wishes Jim well.

 

Charles FitzRoy, CEO of Bradda Head Lithium, commented:

 

"We would like to thank Jim Guilinger for all the time and effort he has put
into Bradda Head since the assets were acquired back in 2016. We are delighted
to welcome Joey to the senior management team at Bradda. He is a
highly-regarded geologist in the US arena with extensive experience and
knowledge of US geology, specifically in Arizona and Nevada, as well as in
project management and permitting across numerous commodities including
lithium.

 

"This is an exciting time for Bradda; we have extensive programmes planned for
2023 and look forward to working with Joey, utilising his expertise across our
portfolio and taking our projects forward."

 

 

 

 

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ENDS

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 Bradda Head Lithium Limited        +44 (0) 1624 639 396
 Charlie FitzRoy, CEO

 Denham Eke, Finance Director

 Beaumont Cornish (Nomad)           +44 20 7628 3396

 James Biddle/Roland Cornish

 Peterhouse (Joint Broker)          +44 207 469 0930
 Charles Goodfellow

 Duncan Vasey

 Lucy Williams

 Shard Capital (Joint Broker)       +44 207 186 9927
 Damon Heath

 Isabella Pierre

 Red Cloud (North American Broker)  +1 416 803 3562
 Joe Fars

 Tavistock (PR)                     + 44 20 7920 3150
 Nick Elwes                         braddahead@tavistock.co.uk

 Adam Baynes

 

 

 

About Bradda Head Lithium Ltd.

Bradda Head Lithium Ltd. is a North America-focused lithium development group.
The Company currently has interests in a variety of projects, the most
advanced of which are in Central and Western Arizona: The Basin Project (Basin
East Project, and the Basin West Project) and the Wikieup Project.

 

As previously announced in press release on 16 January 2023, the Basin East
Project has an Indicated Mineral Resource of 21.2 Mt at an average grade of
891 ppm Li and 3.5% K for a total of 100 kt LCE and an Inferred Mineral
Resource of 73.3 Mt at an average grade of 694 ppm Li and 3.2% K for a total
of 271 kt LCE. In the rest of the Basin Project SRK has estimated an
Exploration Target of between 300 to 1,300 Mt of material grading between 600
to 850 ppm Li which is equivalent to a range of between 1 to 6 Mt LCE.

 

The Group intends to continue to develop its three phase one projects in
Arizona, whilst endeavouring to unlock value at its other prospective
pegmatite and brine assets in Arizona, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. All of Bradda
Head's licences are held on a 100% equity basis and are in close proximity to
the required infrastructure.

 

Bradda Head is quoted on the AIM of the London Stock Exchange with the ticker
of BHL, on the TSX Ventures exchange with a ticker of BHLI, and on the US
OTCQB market with a ticker of BHLIF.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that
term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. This News Release
includes certain "forward-looking statements" which are not comprised of
historical facts.  Forward-looking statements include estimates and
statements that describe the Company's future plans, objectives or goals,
including words to the effect that the Company or management expects a stated
condition or result to occur. Forward-looking statements may be identified by
such terms as "believes", "anticipates", "expects", "estimates", "may",
"could", "would", "will", or "plan". Since forward-looking statements are
based on assumptions and address future events and conditions, by their very
nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Although these
statements are based on information currently available to the Company, the
Company provides no assurance that actual results will meet management's
expectations.  Risks, uncertainties and other factors involved with
forward-looking information could cause actual events, results, performance,
prospects and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or
implied by such forward-looking information. Forward looking information in
this news release includes, but is not limited to, following:  The Company's
objectives, goals or future plans. Factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from such forward-looking information include, but are not
limited to: failure to identify mineral resources; failure to convert
estimated mineral resources to reserves; delays in obtaining or failures to
obtain required regulatory, governmental, environmental or other project
approvals; political risks; future operating and capital costs, timelines,
permit timelines, the market and future price of and demand for lithium, and
the ongoing ability to work cooperatively with stakeholders, including the
local levels of government; uncertainties relating to the availability and
costs of financing needed in the future; changes in equity markets, inflation,
changes in exchange rates, fluctuations in commodity prices; delays in the
development of projects, capital and operating costs varying significantly
from estimates; an inability to predict and counteract the effects of COVID-19
on the business of the Company, including but not limited to the effects of
COVID-19 on the price of commodities, capital market conditions, restriction
on labour and international travel and supply chains; and the other risks
involved in the mineral exploration and development industry, and those risks
set out in the Company's public documents filed on SEDAR. Although the Company
believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the
forward-looking information in this news release are reasonable, undue
reliance should not be placed on such information, which only applies as of
the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events
will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The Company disclaims any
intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than
as required by law.

 

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