Tinka Resources Ltd. {TSX.V: TK} has appointed Ben McKeown to its board as an independent non-executive director.
Mr. McKeown brings strong commercial, financial, strategic and technical experience to the board of Tinka.
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2017-08-17 09:11 ET – News Release
Dr. Graham Carman reports
TINKA APPOINTS MR. BENEDICT (“BEN”) MCKEOWN TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Tinka Resources Ltd. {TSX.V: TK} has appointed Ben McKeown to its board as an independent non-executive director.
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Mr. McKeown brings strong commercial, financial, strategic and technical experience to the board of Tinka. He has worked across various sectors and in a number of jurisdictions during his 25 years in resources including iron ore, lithium, precious metals, base metals, and oil and gas. He has served on numerous listed and unlisted company’s boards as chairman or non-executive director, including Ferrous Resources Ltd., Senex Energy Ltd., Jordan Energy & Mining Ltd. and Rincon Lithium Ltd. Mr. McKeown was a partner at Sentient Group for 10 years until May, 2017. Previously, Mr. McKeown was an investment principal at Actis (previously CDC Group) for seven years. Mr. McKeown graduated from Imperial College London with BEng (honours) in mining engineering, and holds an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona. Mr. McKeown currently resides in Sydney, Australia.
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Dr. Graham Carman, president and chief executive officer, stated: “I am delighted to welcome Ben to the Tinka board. Ben brings a wealth of experience in leadership, corporate governance, finance and project development to our team. Ben is a highly respected mining finance professional, and will enhance the skill set of our board at a time of rapid growth in the company as we advance our Ayawilca zinc project in Peru towards development.”
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About Tinka Resources Ltd.
Tinka is an exploration and development company with its flagship property being the 100-per-cent-owned Ayawilca property in the zinc-lead-silver belt of central Peru, 200 kilometres northeast of Lima.
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