Southern Arc appoints W. Lombok project manager
Tuesday, September 20 2011 - 12:20 AM WIB
Cranfield has over 30 years of management and operating experience in the mining industry throughout Southeast Asia and Australia . His diverse resum? includes 10 years operating and managing narrow vein underground mines, along with 20 years? experience in alluvial mining and processing, covering exploration, development and production for tin, wolfram, gold and diamonds. Cranfield?s experience includes resource evaluation, feasibility studies, and planning and development of new mines throughout Thailand , Vietnam , Indonesia and Australia .
He graduated in 1970 with a BSc Honours Degree in Mining Engineering from the Imperial College Royal School of Mines in the United Kingdom and achieved the status of Chartered Engineer (CEng) from the UK Engineering Institute in 1980.
As Project Manager, Cranfield will oversee the Company?s West Lombok operations, maintain liaison with the local Regency government and communities, and manage the project as it progresses from exploration to resource definition and feasibility stages. He has also been appointed President Director of PT Indotan Lombok Barat Bangkit, Southern Arc?s Indonesian subsidiary that holds the mining business license (IUP) for the West Lombok project.
Cranfield has been based in Lombok since 1990 and speaks both Thai and Indonesian fluently.(alex)