SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Group 6 Metals announced appointment of Keith McKnight as Chief Executive Officer, through a consultancy agreement with Dara Advisory Pty Limited (Consultant) effective 24 January 2022.
Mr McKnight joins Group 6 Metals with over 22 years of mining and resources project delivery and company management experience in Australia and overseas in the areas of mechanical design, contract management, construction management, commissioning and operations management.
He was previously Managing Director and co-founder of Kirrama Resources Limited, a commodities development company with chromite and manganese projects in Madagascar. Mr McKnight has extensive experience spanning a range of commodities and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Honours) from the University of Limerick. Group 6 Metals Executive Chairman, Johann Jacobs, said:
“On behalf of the Board, it is with great pleasure that I welcome Keith to the Group 6 Metals executive team. Over the past three years, Group 6 Metals has focused on raising the financing and securing the offtake required to enable the redevelopment of the Dolphin Tungsten Mine located on King Island, Tasmania.
As the Company is now entering the next phase of its development, it is necessary to engage an executive with the appropriate skills, and Keith fulfills these criteria. We are delighted to attract an executive of the calibre of Keith to lead the Company, and are excited to continuing developing the Dolphin Tungsten Mine under his leadership.”
Mr McKnight said: “Having the opportunity to lead Group 6 Metals through its next phase of growth is an honour and a privilege. G6M is a company with a strong foundation for growth, underpinned by its world-class tungsten asset at Dolphin on King Island, with a talented team who are passionate about their industry and community.
The Company, its partners and shareholders have much to look forward to in 2022. The opportunity to lead this team as we work towards production at Dolphin and pursue critical mass is exciting.”
Group 6 Metals Limited (ASX: G6M) is an Australian resources exploration and development company. The Company’s name recognises tungsten as a Group 6 Metals member of the periodic table along with chromium, molybdenum and seaborgium, as well as being a critical mineral and a geopolitically strategic resource.