Terra Metals (ASX:TM1) has expanded its exploration team with the appointment of Solomon Buckman as Chief Geologist and Evan Kibry as Chief Metallurgist to further development activities at the Dante Project in Western Australia.
Buckman has over 30 years of experience in mineral exploration, research, and consulting, first beginning his career as an exploration geologist before shifting to academia.
He has spent the past 24 years at the University of South Australia and the University of Wollongong, leading and teaching economic geology.
Buckman holds a PhD from the University of Hong Kong for his research on the West Junggar terrane’s tectonics and mineralisation, located in northwest China.
His expertise lies in magmatic and volcanic mineral systems, focusing on the geological mapping, as well as a range of gold and base metals terranes in Australia, China, the Himalayas, and the Middle East.
Buckman describes the Dante system to illustrate qualities of a large, dynamic, and multi-phase magmatic system.
“I’m excited to help define its architecture and unlock the processes that have concentrated such a diverse suite of metals,” Buckman says.
Meanwhile, Kirby holds over 40 years of experience in metallurgical work, leading design, commissioning, optimisation processes for elements including gold, copper, and platinum group metals (PGM).
He has held roles across a range of companies including Bechtel, Minproc Engineers, Anglo Platinum, and Rand Mines. Kirby will lead processing pathways at Dante in this role.
CEO Tom Line says the appointments in these two roles endorses both the Dante Project and the overall growth trajectory of Terra.
“Sol and Evan bring decades of high-level experience directly relevant to unlocking the scale, value and commercial development pathways at Dante,” Line says.
“Their appointments significantly strengthen Terra’s technical leadership as we advance from discovery success toward resource expansion and development.”
Terra Metals is a mineral explorer focused on developing the Dante Project which has potential to host large sulphide deposits containing copper, gold, platinum group elements, vanadium, and titanium.
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Write to Maddison Elliott at Mining.com.au
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