Apollo Minerals Limited announced the appointment of two new Directors to the Board Mr Dominic Tisdell as Executive Director and Mr Matthew Rimes as Non executive Director.
Mr Tisdell also moves from the position of Executive General Manager to take up the role of Chief Operating Officer and will have the responsibility of transforming Apollo from explorer to developer. Initially this role will involve executing the next phase of exploration, preparing concept mine plans and implementing the Company’s annual business plan and long term strategy.
Mr Dominic Tisdell is an MBA qualified mining engineer with over fifteen years’ experience in project development planning and operations international mergers and acquisitions and business strategy.
Previous to joining Apollo Mr Tisdell had business development responsibilities for international uranium, iron ore and coal investments with a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation. During this time he represented the company on several joint venture development committees and boards associated with mining projects, both in Australia and overseas. Mr Tisdell has also consulted for Accenture where he provided technical and business advice to several major mining companies on a variety of issues including mine development studies, operational excellence and capital project procurement.
He began his career with Rio Tinto Iron Ore where he held management roles at both Hamersley Iron and the Robe River Mining Company, among which were key operational roles associated with the development of the West Angelas Mine Project as well as Hamersley Iron’s trial mining and bulk test work program associated with the development of the Nammuldi Mine.
Mr Tisdell has held directorships with the Australian Uranium Association and MDP Uranium Pty Ltd.
Mr Rimes joins the Apollo Board after recently serving as Managing Director of Iron Ore Holdings Limited. During his time at IOH, the company successfully progressed a strategy of proving up its iron ore resources in its Pilbara tenements. The company also worked on fast tracking project feasibility studies and infrastructure access options at its various projects with the aim of establishing valuable technical and commercial development solutions. At the time of Mr Rimes resignation, the company had a market capitalization of approximately USD 220 million.
Mr Rimes is an MBA qualified mining engineer with over thirty years’ experience in a range of commodities including gold, copper, nickel and iron ore. He worked with North Ltd from 1989 and then subsequently with the Rio Tinto group following the takeover of North Ltd in 2000. Over the last fifteen years he has held roles with IOH and Robe River Mining Company including senior executive and operational positions at both of Robe operations at Pannawonica and West Angelas. He has held positions on the boards of Robe, Fusion Resources Ltd, Sovereign Metals Ltd and Indo Mines Ltd.
Mr Tony Ho Chairman of Apollo said “Apollo is very fortunate to secure the services of two top calibre iron ore industry experts on the Board. These new appointments bring a wide range of experience in operations, feasibility studies acquisitions, investor relations and capital raisings to the Board together with a deep knowledge of the iron ore sector.”
He said that “This experience and knowledge will be critical to our ability to successfully transition from explorer to developer in a short period of time. We welcome Mr Rimes and Mr Tisdell to the Board and look forward to exciting times ahead for Apollo.”
