Aton Resources has announced the appointment of Robert Parr as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO), who will be responsible for following up on the development of mining projects at the Abu Marawat concession.
This came as part of the re-organization done by the company to its management team at the Abu Marawat concession in Egypt’s Eastern Desert.
According to the company’s statement, it appointed Tonno Vahk as the CEO allowing him to fully concentrate on a more traditional CEO role.
Additionally, Aton assigned Javier Orduña as Aton’s Chief Geologist, who will have responsibility for all the Company’s geological operations. Paul Angus was promoted to Exploration Manager, taking more direct responsibility for management of the programs within the retained exploration areas.
Moreover, Cherif Barakat will take over the role of General Manager and Country Manager, focusing on the company’s in-country administrative activities and Government relations, while Samy Nabil Donkol has become Operations Manager, assuming responsibility for all operations, logistics and security matters.
On this occasion, Tonno Vahk, CEO stated “Aton is pleased to announce the appointment of Rob Parr as our new COO, who will be responsible for driving the mining projects forwards at Abu Marawat, now that we have been awarded the mining license in Egypt, and we start the transition from being a pure exploration company to a mining company.”
“This transition also allows us to re-organize and strengthen the management team at corporate level and in Egypt, as we move towards creating the JV company that will operate the exploitation lease at Abu Marawat,” Vahk elaborated.
“Rob joins us as a highly experienced mining engineer with over 30 years of global experience, after having started his career in Australia. Rob comes to Aton with a wealth of experience in investment analysis, strategic planning, business transformation, feasibility studies, and new mine construction and mining operations. Rob has worked with several major mining companies during his career including Newmont, Rio Tinto, Perseus and Western Mining, and has recently held COO roles in Africa and South America,” he added.
