SUBIACO: Galena Mining Ltd has appointed Stewart Howe as a Non-Executive Director. The appointment of Howe, a mining and chemical engineer with considerable senior management experience in the global lead/zinc industry, has been made as part of Galena’s continuing evolution of its Board to ensure the best available skills are employed as the Abra Base Metals Project moves through the development phase and into the production phase.

Chairman, Adrian Byass commented, “Stewart has unique experience in the lead/zincindustry including knowledge of customers, smelting industry dynamics and strategic counterparties.We believe those capabilities round out our Board’s experience as Abra continues construction and moves into production.”

Howe’s experience includes six years as Chief Development Officer at Zinifex Limited, which at the time was one of the world’s largest miners and smelters of lead/zinc with assets on three continents.

During his tenure at Zinifex, Howe oversaw some of the most significant transactions in the global lead/zinc industry, including the spin-off of Zinifex’s smelters to create Nyrstar N.V. and restarting development of the Dugald River Mine now owned by MMG.

During the past ten years Howe has provided advisory roles to boards, private equity and financiers related to restructuring and acquisition of mining assets in base metals and bulk commodities. He has advised the South Australian Government for six years on its financial support for redevelopment of the Port Pirie lead smelter.

Howe is also an experienced director, chairing the board of Whittle Consulting Group and serving on the boards of a government owned water authority and not-for-profit organisations. Prior to his tenure at Zinifex and non-executive director career, Howe spent 23 years at BP in various executive and management roles.

Howe has a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical), Master of Engineering (Mining) and a Master of Applied Finance. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow and Chartered Professional of the Australiasian Institute of Mining and Metallugy.