- Anthony (Tony) J Williams has been appointed Chairman of the Board and CEO
- As the founder and Chairman of the Dragon Group, Mr. Williams has led the launch of multiple precious metals, base metal and diamond development projects around the world
- Mr. Williams holds an honours degree in Mining Geology from London University and is a member of several mining industry associations
- The company is also pleased to appoint Dr. Gustavo Delendatti as VP Exploration
- Dr. Delendatti is a senior geologist with over 25 years of experience
- Major Precious Metals Corp. is a Canadian junior mining and exploration company
- Major Precious Metals Corp. (SIZE) opened trading at C$0.45 per share
Major Precious Metals (SIZE) is pleased to announce the appointment of Anthony (Tony) J Williams as Chairman of the Board and CEO.
Tony Williams is the founder and Chairman of the Dragon Group, a privately owned group of companies with a variety of interests in international mining finance and project management.
Since establishing Dragon in 1995, Mr. Williams has led multiple precious metals, base metal and diamond development projects through financing, successful construction, and ultimately production. These projects span the globe, including Africa, Central and South America, the former Soviet Union, Eastern and Northern Europe.
Prior to founding Dragon, Tony spent 10 years in investment banking where he co-founded and led the Natural Resources Group at Yorkton Securities. During this period Yorkton provided exploration and development financing to junior and mid-tier mining companies.
During his long career, Tony has been a director of several private and public exploration and mining companies and was also a co-founder of Toronto listed Endeavour Mining Corporation, an international mining finance and gold production company.
Tony Williams holds an honours degree in Mining Geology from London University (Royal School of Mines) and is a member of several professional mining industry associations.
The company is also pleased to appoint Dr. Gustavo Delendatti as VP Exploration.
Dr. Delendatti is a senior geologist with over 25 years of experience in the evaluation, exploration and development of mineral deposits in South America, North America and Australia.
Dr. Delendatti has worked alongside the company for the last year in developing the updated resource model at Skaergaard.
Prior to joining Major Precious Metals, he was Exploration Manager at the Authier Lithium Project in Quebec for Sayona Mining Limited.
Mr. Delendatti was previously Exploration Manager at Explorer Elementos Limited, and Project Manager for Exeter Resource Corporation at the Don Sixto gold project and Caspiche Project in Chile.
Mr. Delendatti holds a Ph.D. in geological science and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists.
Mr. Joel Dumaresq, current Chair of the Board and Chief Financial Officer of the company commented,
“We are pleased to welcome Tony Williams as the new Chairman and CEO of Major Precious Metals and to continue to work with Gustavo who has been instrumental as we have developed the Skaergaard PGM-Au project in Greenland into what is a demonstrably world-class deposit in size and scale.
We now must proceed by pairing this flagship asset with the great experience that Tony brings and likewise the additional team that he will bring to fulfill all key functions, in order to advance the Company to build maximum shareholder value.
Paul Teniere has done a wonderful job stewarding the Company to this point and will now take over responsibilities for monetizing the Company’s Canadian assets, while the new team focuses on Skaergaard.”
Major Precious Metals Corp. is a Canadian junior mining and exploration company based in Vancouver, BC.
The company owns a diversified portfolio of exploration properties within some of the most promising precious and base metal deposits worldwide.
Major Precious Metals is also engaged in the business of acquiring and exploring precious metal projects near or adjacent to existing mining operations controlled by well-established mining companies.
Major Precious Metals Corp. (SIZE) opened trading at C$0.45 per share.
