NexGen Appoints Tony George as Chief Project Officer
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NexGen Energy has appointed Tony George to the position of chief project officer. George will commence in mid June and be responsible for execution of the company’s 100 percent wholly owned Rook I Project through to production.
“Tony is a well respected and highly regarded mining professional that has extensive experience in all aspects of project execution through the entire mining life cycle. We are delighted to welcome Tony to the organization at this very exciting stage of NexGen’s development. His experience in successfully building mines around the world will add significant value in optimizing the strong foundation built since the discovery of Arrow in February 2014,” said Leigh Curyer, chief executive officer.
“On behalf of the board and executive I would like to welcome Tony to NexGen, and look forward to working together to deliver Arrow and set a new elite standard globally for environmental, economic and social mining development,” added Curyer.
Tony George P.Eng. is a mining engineer with over 35 years of experience in operations, project management and construction. Tony commenced his career with De Beers in South Africa and Namibia. In 1993 Tony came to Canada and has held senior positions at the Iron Ore Company of Canada in Labrador; Aura Minerals, working on projects in South America; as a lead consultant working on many international projects with Rescan Engineering and MRDI (AMEC); De Beers Canada where he was the mine general manager on the team that brought the Victor open pit diamond project through feasibility, engineering and construction; and vice president project development at Lucara Diamond Corp, where he was responsible for taking the Karowe Mine in Botswana from feasibility study, though engineering and construction, into operations. Tony was vice president project development at Lundin Gold where he was responsible for all aspects of the feasibility study for the advancement and development of the Fruta del Norte project in Ecuador. Prior to joining NexGen, Tony served as vice president project execution with Victoria Gold Corp. where he oversaw the Eagle Mine through detailed engineering and construction which was successfully completed ahead of schedule and on budget on June 2019.
About NexGen
NexGen is a British Columbia corporation with a focus on the acquisition, exploration and development of Canadian uranium projects. NexGen has a highly experienced team of uranium industry professionals with a successful track record in the discovery of uranium deposits and in developing projects through discovery to production.
NexGen owns a portfolio of prospective uranium exploration assets in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada; including a 100 percent interest in Rook I, location of the Arrow Deposit discovered in February 2014, the Bow discovery in March 2015, the Harpoon discovery in August 2016 and the Arrow South discovery in July 2017. NexGen is the recipient of the PDAC’s 2018 Bill Dennis Award and the 2019 Environmental and Social Responsibility Award.
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