Kainantu Resources Ltd. announced the appointment of Mr. Nick Franey as Chief Geologist. Mr. Franey has over 40 years of exploration and project development experience, having served in senior roles with a number of well-established mining companies such as Anglo American Plc and OceanaGold Corporation, in addition to other successful small cap juniors. Mr. Franey has a broad range of experiences in mining projects at all stages with a particular focus on early—mid stage gold and base metals exploration projects in developing regions.

In recent years, Mr. Franey has worked as an Exploration Management Consultant, and has been part of the teaching faculty at James Cook University, delivering the Business and Financial Management module as part of the Master of Ore Deposit Geology.