SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Surefire Resources NL (ASX: SRN) announced the appointment of Mr Cain Fogarty as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective 11 August 2022.

Managing Director Vladimir Nikolaenko said “The Board and I are delighted with the appointment of Mr Fogarty at this pivotal time as we advance the Company’s key vanadium projects at Victory Bore and Unaly Hill, Perenjori Iron Ore and our emerging Yidby gold discovery”.

Mr Fogarty is a geologist and mineral economist with more than 20 years of mining industry experience, particularly in exploration and resource growth, feasibility studies, and executive management in diverse geographical regions across Australia, Africa and Asia.

Most recently, Mr Fogarty held the position of General Manager of Geology and Business Development at Wiluna Mining, where he successfully led substantial growth in the mineral resource and was responsible for regional business development activity including toll treatment and joint ventures.

Prior to that, Mr Fogarty worked on the successful exploration and development of Equinox Mineral’s copper projects in Zambia through to their takeover by Barrick Gold, with CSA Global on the Caijiaying Zn-Au mine in China, and with Barrick Gold in near mine reserve development at WA gold mines.

Mr Fogarty holds a Bachelor of Science (UNE), Master in Ore Deposit Geology (UWA), Master of Mineral Economics (Curtin) and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.