Rathdowney Resources nominates chairman, adds two others to board

Mineral explorer Rathdowney Resources (CVE:RTH) said Wednesday it has nominated mining executive David Copeland as chairman and added two other members to its board.
Copeland replaces Robert Dickinson, who is retiring from the board.
Copeland, who is an engineer and mining executive, brings over 30 years of experience in a variety of capacities in mine exploration and discovery across the South Pacific, Africa, South America as well as North America.
He has provided expertise on the Mt. Milligan copper-gold project in British Columbia, Vancouver, the South Kemess mine in central B.C., as well as the Burnstone mine in South Africa and the Xietongmen project in Tibet, China.
Lena Brommeland, the second appointee, has more than 20 years worth of experience in mineral project evaluation and on-site management. Currently, she is executive vice president of project services with HDI, where she manages on-site drill programs and co-ordinates environmental planning and permitting.
The third appointee, Stephen Hodgson, is a professional engineer with over 30 years of experience in mine operations, development and project engineering.
His most recent position is director of engineering for the Pebble Partnership, where he led the completion of a feasibility study for the large scale Pebble project in Alaska.
Hodgson, in previously held positions, also spent years at Pine Point in northern Canada. Pine Point, which hosts a Mississippi Valley type deposit, is considered an analog for the deposits at Rathdowney’s project Olza in the Silesia zinc belt.
“The nomination of Dave Copeland as chairman and his addition along with Lena Brommeland and Steve Hodgson as Directors will add a high level of expertise to Rathdowney's board,” chief executive John Barry said in a statement.
"Their depth of experience and knowledge, particularly in project management that spans exploration through operations, will be great assets as we work in advancing our zinc-lead projects toward development."
Rathdowney is a mineral exploration company focused on developing zinc deposits in the ore fields of Poland and Ireland.
In Poland, the company's interest is in the Upper Silesian Mining District, a region of Mississippi Valley-type zinc-lead deposits in which it has been granted two prospecting concessions, and applied for a third, encompassing an area of 150 square kilometres.