Atlantic Coal PLC has appointed mining engineer Mr Edward Nelson to its board as non-executive director with immediate effect.
Mr Nelson experience in the coal mining and engineering industries will be beneficial to the company as it looks to continue to raise production at its primary asset, the Stockton Anthracite Colliery in Pennsylvania and fulfill its strategy of increasing its resource base and portfolio through acquisition.
Mr Nelson has been involved with a wide range of coal and resource projects throughout his 38 year career. He built his experience of the coal mining sector working for 12 years at British Coal across various locations and subsequently spent four years at Komatsu Ltd a manufacturer of mining equipment.
He subsequently established EJN Engineering Ltd which focused on the design and production of bespoke mining and construction equipment. He continues to serve as managing director of EJN Engineering and in this role has worked on a broad range of projects across a number of locations including Pennsylvania.
In tandem with this he is also the founder and managing director of EJN Services Ltd, a recruitment company specializing in the engineering sector which has a range of blue chip clients including Komatsu and Nissan.
Mr Steve Best MD of Atlantic said "Having worked with Edward for many years, particularly in relation to procurement where he has effected considerable savings we are confident that his technical acumen will be of considerable benefit to Atlantic in his role as a non-executive Director.
He said that “We are focused on bolstering our management team, highlighted by the recent appointment of Barney Corrigan as project development officer and on building upon our strong foundation at Stockton to fulfill our acquisition and growth strategy."
Stockton Colliery is a producing surface coal mine and adjacent anthracite preparation plant encompassing an area of approximately 900 hectares located in Hazel Creek in North East Pennsylvania which has current proven reserves of 4.2 million tons run of mine coal.
