SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Lachlan Star Limited (ASX: LSA) announced the appointment of highly experienced mining executive and geologist Andrew Tyrrell as Chief Executive Officer.
Mr Tyrrell was most recently General Manager — Discovery for leading gold producer and explorer Gold Road Resources Limited (ASX:GOR), where he led the transition of Gold Road to a national explorer and in the restructuring of the Company’s Discovery Group into a self-generating business development and project generation model.
Before joining Gold Road, he spent 10 years at Anglo Gold Ashanti in various roles, including as Technical Manager of global greenfields exploration and as Exploration Manager, USA, where he led the team in the discovery of the Silicon project epithermal system, whilst rebuilding the North American exploration project and generative portfolio.
Mr Tyrrell is an exploration geologist with 20-plus years’ experience in the minerals industry with a primary focus on gold. Mr Tyrrell has an MSc in Ore Deposit Geology from the University of WA and a BSc in Applied Geology from Curtin University. Mr Tyrrell is a member of the Society of Economic Geologists, the Australian Institute of Geoscientists, and the Geological Society of Nevada.
Mr Tyrrell will commence his role with the Company on 1 February 2024.
Lachlan Star’s Chairman, Gary Steinepreis, said: “We are very fortunate to have secured someone of Andrew’s experience, capability and drive to lead Lachlan Star. Andrew’s recent roles at Gold Road and Anglo Gold Ashanti saw him oversee extensive greenfields exploration and project generation programs, and the skills he brings will be invaluable in helping Lachlan Star to build a strong technical team to drive exploration and growth across our portfolio including the Company’s recently acquired NSW copper-gold project portfolio.”
Incoming CEO Andrew Tyrrell said: “I am extremely excited to have the opportunity to join Lachlan Star at such a pivotal time in the Company’s development. Lachlan Star’s recently secured highly prospective gold and copper land-holdings in NSW from DevEx Resources are an exciting platform to build from. I look forward to working with the Lachlan Star team and delivering value to shareholders.”
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