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West African gold explorer Azumah Resources (ASX: AZM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Alan Thompson to the newly-created role of Study Manager for the Company�s flagship Wa Gold Project in Ghana.
Mr Thompson�s role will be to drive and complete by year-end a Feasibility Study for the development of the first commercial-scale gold mining operation in the emerging north-west Ghana gold province.
He has over 28 years experience in the resource industry and most recently was Senior Study Manager with international engineering company AMEC Minproc (previously GRD Minproc) and prior to that with Lycopodium Engineering. His assignments included a number of Ghana and West African gold projects as well as Project Director at the BHPB owned Olympic Dam operation.
Mr Thompson has extensive international experience in operations, engineering and project management, process plant design, plant and mine commissioning.
This has included Mill Manager for two years and then General Manager for three years at the Ranger, and then Goldfields owned, 5.2 million tonnes / 300,000 ounces per annum Damang gold operation in southern Ghana.
He also holds a current Republic of Ghana Mine Manager�s Certificate.
Mr Thompson�s appointment is effective from early March 2010.
Commenting on the appointment, Azumah�s Managing Director, Stephen Stone said: �We are extremely pleased to have secured the services of someone of Alan�s calibre and experience to the position of Study Manager to drive the Feasibility Study for the Wa Gold Project and to complement the broad range of expertise we already have at Azuma.�
�We have already completed preliminary mining studies for our Kunche and Bepkong deposits, have completed some key metallurgical test work on mineralisation from these and have consultants on site now undertaking an environmental and social impact study.� he added
�Azumah�s current 41,000 metre drilling programme is now over half-way complete and has already produced some very encouraging results and we expect to be releasing more drilling results by the end of February and a maiden resource estimation by the end of March for the Julie prospect.� said Mr Stone.
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