Vital Metals Limited announced the appointment of project management professional Eben Visser as its Chief Operations Officer (COO), effective 11 November 2022. Mr. Visser brings more than 15 years of dynamic engineering and project leadership to the role and has extensive experience through the project development, construction, and operational readiness in the mining and metals industry. Most recently, Mr. Visser was Director, Projects at Treasury Metals Inc. responsible for the Goliath Gold Complex Project in North-West Ontario. Prior to Treasury Metals, he was a Project Manager at DRA Global where he was responsible for delivering a number of feasibility studies and projects across Africa, India, Peru, and the USA. Mr. Visser started his career as a graduate engineer with Anglo Platinum in South Africa before transitioning to capital projects. He is a registered Project Management Professional (PMP) and holds an Advanced Project Management Diploma and a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering. At Vital, Mr. Visser will oversee the ramp up of production at its Saskatoon rare earths processing
facility, where Vital is producing rare earth carbonate from material mined at the Nechalacho mine in Northwest Territories, Canada. Vital plans to produce commercial quantities of rare earths from Nechalacho. In addition, Mr. Visser will oversee the development of the Tardiff Zone of the Nechalacho Project.
Vital is also progressing plans to develop the Wigu Hill rare earth deposit in Tanzania, where it continues discussions for a Mining Licence.