JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Development and exploration company Metallica Minerals has appointed Barry Casson its independent nonexecutive chairperson, with effect from June 30, to succeed long-standing chairperson David Barwick, who is retiring as a director.
Casson joined the Metallica board on December 1, 2010, as an independent nonexecutive director.
The company has two main project interests in Queensland – the Cape York heavy mineral sand and bauxite project and the Sconi nickel/cobalt and scandium tri-metal project.