Appointment of Chief Operating Officer
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Globe Metals & Mining Limited
ABN 33 114 400 609
45 Ventnor Avenue
West Perth WA 6005
ASX: GBE
+61 8 6118 7240
info@globemm.com
globemm.com
ASX Announcement
10 January 2024
Appointment of Chief Operating Officer
Globe Metals & Mining Limited (ASX: GBE) (“Globe” or “Company”) is pleased to announce the
appointment of Mr Paul Smith as its Chief Operating Officer effective immediately.
Mr Smith has over 30 years’ experience as a senior mining industry executive across exploration,
feasibility, project development, and operations management on a global platform. He has extensive
experience with start-up and turnaround strategies, leveraging significant expertise in stockbroking,
corporate finance, and project funding in delivering key business objectives.
Mr Smith has previously held senior executive positions with Aquarius Platinum Limited (now part of
Sibanye Stillwater Limited), Weiszwe Platinum Limited, and more recently Impala Platinum Holdings
Limited.
Mr Smith has a Bachelor of Science, Geology & Chemistry from Rhodes University (South Africa), a
Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) from Stellenbosch University (South Africa), a Graduate Diploma in
Extrac�ve Metallurgy from Camborne School of Mines (United Kingdom), and a Master of Business
Administra�on from Stellenbosch University (South Africa).
Commenting on Mr Smith’s appointment, Globe’s Chief Executive Officer Grant Hudson said:
“The appointment of Paul Smith as COO is a significant milestone in the evolution of Globe from junior
explorer to operating mining company. Paul is a senior figure in African mining circles and has
substantial mining expertise and broad experience in capital markets and he will play an extremely
important role in the continued development of Globe as a world-class supplier of strategic metals. We
are excited to have him on board.”
This announcement was approved by the Board of the Company.
-endsFor further information, please contact:
Grant Hudson
Chief Executive Officer
+61 8 6118 7240
gh@globemm.com
About the Kanyika Niobium Project
The Kanyika Niobium Project is located in central Malawi, approximately 55km northeast of the regional centre of
Kasangu and is secured by Large-Scale Mining Licence No. LML0216/21 which grants the Company security of
tenure and the right to mine niobium, tantalum, and deleterious uranium.
Drilling programs totalling 33.8 kilometres of percussion and core drilling have defined the extent of
mineralisa�on. Structured and progressive engineering studies have resulted in the current (JORC 2012) Mineral
Resource Es�mate (refer below) and given rise to significant improvements and simplifica�ons in the process
flowsheet.
In addi�on, Globe has undertaken substan�al metallurgical op�misa�on work and commissioned the pilot plant
design work to demonstrate and further op�mise metallurgical processes. Metallurgical op�misa�ons studies
have improved recoveries from 62% in 2012 to 75% today, through novel patented metallurgical processes.
The Kanyika opera�ons will produce a pyrochlore mineral concentrate that contains both niobium and tantalum in
commercially valuable volumes to be shipped to a refinery for advanced processing into high purity materials.
A Mineral Resource Es�mate for the Kanyika Niobium Project under the 2012 JORC guidelines was reported to
ASX on 11 July 2018 as follows:
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Table 1: MRE for KNP using a 1,500 ppm Nb2 O5 lower cut
Category
Resource
(Mt)
Measured
5.3
Indicated
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Nb2 O5 (ppm)
Table 2: MRE for KNP using a 3,000 ppm Nb2 O5 lower cut
Resource
(Mt)
Nb2 O5 (ppm)
Ta2 O5 (ppm)
Ta2 O5 (ppm)
Category
3,790
180
Measured
3.4
4,790
220
2,860
135
Indicated
16.6
4,120
160
Inferred
16
2,430
120
Inferred
2.8
4,110
190
TOTAL
68.3
2,830
135
TOTAL
22.8
4,220
190
Mineral Resource Es�mates
The informa�on in this report that relates to Mineral Resources is extracted from the report �tled “Kanyika Niobium Project –
Updated JORC Resource Es�mate” released to the Australian Securi�es Exchange (ASX) on 11 July 2018 and available to view
at www.globemm.com and for which Competent Persons’ consents were obtained. Each Competent Person’s consent remains
in place for subsequent releases by the Company of the same informa�on in the same form and context, un�l the consent is
withdrawn or replaced by a subsequent report and accompanying consent.
The Company confirms that is not aware of any new informa�on or data that materially affects the informa�on included in the
original ASX announcement released on 11 July 2018 and, in the case of es�mates of Mineral Resources, that all material
assump�ons and technical parameters underpinning the es�mates in the original ASX announcement con�nue to apply and
have not materially changed. The Company confirms that the form and context in which the Competent Persons’ findings are
presented have not been materially modified from the original ASX announcement.
Full details are contained in the ASX announcement released on 11 July 2018 �tled “Kanyika Niobium Project – Updated JORC
Resource Es�mate” available to view at www.globemm.com.
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