Western Potash Makes Management Changes, New Board Appointments
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Geoffrey Chang
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Western Potash Corp. has made management changes and new board appointments.
The new Western Board consists of seven members, with Geoffrey Chang and Bill Xue as executive directors. Xia Qinglong is appointed an independent member of the audit committee. Zheng Mianping is a newly appointed independent member of the board. Buddy Doyle remains an independent member of the board. Patricio Varas and Patrick Power, founders of the company, will serve as non-executive members of the board both having resigned from their respective management positions.
Xia Qinglong, CEO of ChinaBlue Chemical Ltd., brings more than 30 years experience in the resource extraction industry beginning a distinguished career after training as a geologist, earning a PhD in geophysics and subsequently training as a professor grade senior engineer at the Chinese University of Sciences Academy.
Zheng Mianping is a renowned expert in the salt lake research and extraction industry. Zheng is a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the president of the International Society for Salt Lake Research. Zheng is the foremost expert in salt deposits geology and a pioneer in the salt lake mineral extraction industry in China. Under his direction, China’s first solution mining lithium extraction technique was also developed at the Zabuye Salt Lake. Recently Zheng oversaw the survey of Marine Potash in China, which generated a breakthrough in potash prospecting of a new potash rich gravel brine layer.
Bill Xue and Patrick Power are re-joining the board of directors and will continue to contribute their managerial, organizational and commercial experience.
Geoffrey Chang, chairman of the board, will assume the position of CEO from Patricio Varas. George Gao will assume the role of chief administrative officer and Jerry Zhang will take on the position of corporate secretary.
“The contributions that our new board members bring will be particularly valuable as Western transitions towards project construction and commercialization. Western is grateful for the contributions of Mr. Wang Hui and Mr. Wang Yinping who have tendered their resignations from the board as part of this restructuring. With the board and management streamlining, the company is well positioned for the next critical stage in Western’s development,” said Geoffrey Chang, chairman and CEO of Western Potash.
About Western Potash
Western Potash Corp. is a development stage potash company focused on building a solution mine on the Milestone Property located in southern Saskatchewan. The company intends to develop this world-class Milestone potash deposit in an ecologically sustainable, economically efficient and socially responsible manner.
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