TSX-V-listed exploration and development company Premium Nickel has announced the pending appointment of James Gowans as director and as independent chairperson of the board.
Premium Nickel is redeveloping nickel, copper, cobalt and platinum group element properties in Botswana.
Gowans has more than 30 years of experience as a senior executive in the mining industry, including holding executive positions at De Beers, interim president and CEO of Trilogy Metals and CEO of Arizona Mining.
Before that, he was senior adviser to the chairperson of Barrick Gold and copresident.
Gowans, who also served on the boards of several Canadian publicly traded mining companies, will be appointed chairperson of Premium Nickel in mid-January.