Hillgrove Resources appoints new managing director

By Demas Simbolon

ASX-listed Hillgrove Resources Limited announced that Greg Hall has been appointed Managing Director of the company from February 11, 2013.

Hall has been the Managing Director of Toro Energy Limited since 2006, a company which recently received approval from the Western Australian Government for its Wiluna Uranium mine. In this role he managed a start-up junior explorer through project acquisition, approvals and project development, including several investment fund raisings, Hillgrove said in a statement received on Tuesday.

Dean Brown AO, Chairman of Hillgrove Resources, said ?Greg is an experienced mining engineer with extensive experience across a number of mining industry sectors and companies. He was Mining Manager of Roxby Downs (copper, uranium and gold) when operated by WMC and then at the Leinster Nickel and Kambalda Nickel mines in Western Australia . He was then Mining Manager of the ERA Ranger uranium mine under North Broken Hill and then Rio Tinto. Subsequently, Greg joined the Rio Tinto marketing team for uranium and then became Director of Sales for bauxite and alumina for Comalco. These later two roles have provided Greg with significant international marketing experience.?

?Greg has also had mining experience in an underground mine in Sweden and at the Peko Wailsend mine in Tasmania .?

?The Board is confident that Greg brings extensive commercial, corporate and mining experience to Hillgrove Resources, as the company further increases production from its Kanmantoo Copper Mine, develops its exploration prospects in Indonesia , and looks for new opportunities to expand its mining operations.?

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak