Western Potash Makes Management Appointments at Its Milestone Potash Project in Saskatchewan
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George Gao
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Western Potash Corp. has made management appointments at its Milestone Potash Project in Saskatchewan.
The company has appointed Dr. Matthew Wood as project director of the Milestone Potash Project. Dr. Wood has extensive potash solutions mining, process and project management experience with two large multi-national mining companies, most recently in Saskatchewan. He joins the company to lead the project team that will move the Milestone Potash Project into production.
Dr. Matthew Wood is the former president of Vale Potash Canada Limited, and senior project leader of Vale’s Kronau Project near Regina in Saskatchewan. Here he led the geology and drilling, solution mining, land environment and community and operational readiness teams during the final feasibility study of the solution mining plant. He also led the design of the solution mining and wellfields both for Kronau Project, and Potasio Rio Colorado (PRC) in Argentina. Dr. Wood’s contacts, experience and knowledge of Saskatchewan will be of particular benefit to the Milestone Project.
The company has also appointed George Gao as senior VP, business development. Gao brings extensive knowledge of the global financial market especially with regard to Asia and Canada. He brings decades of experience in corporate compliance, business development and capital markets.
George Gao is the former President of the Beijing Mining Exchange, where he led the establishment of its mining project listing strategy, polices and practice. He has prior experience working for the Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange as chief representative, Beijing Office and head, business development, Asia,and played a major role in the establishment of the TSX presence in Asia, in particular in the natural resource sector.
In addition, the company has appointed Jerry Zhang to the position of director of administration and assistant to the president. Zhang has nearly a decade of experience serving various levels of Chinese central governments in a wide variety of responsibilities in a range of operational assignments. During the more than 6 years that Zhang has been with Western, he has become increasingly involved with the development of the company’s potash project and with the company as it matures. Zhang obtained a PhD degree in international relations from the University of Melbourne. Western continues to benefit from Jerry’s exceptional organizational and bilingual skills.
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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