Savannah Resources PLC announced that its Chief Technical Officer ('CTO'), Dale Ferguson, will be leaving the Company at the end of the year. Under Dale's technical leadership and with the CEO´s support in the last year, Savannah has built a highly competent technical team. His responsibilities are now shared among the team's experienced senior managers, in particular Boris Daza (Development Manager, with 20 years of experience operating and building lithium projects, mostly in Western Australia, with Fortescue and Mineral Resources) and João Nunes (Operations Readiness Manager, with 28 years of experience operating and delivering new mining projects in Iberia, including at Portugal's two major mining success cases of Boliden/Somincor and Almina).
They are supported by John Morris Perreira (Exploration Manager), Brad Patrick (Definitive Feasibility Study Manager) and Sónia Coelho (Environmental Manager). Dale and the team have ensured that an orderly handover of duties has been completed before his departure. The transition from Dale to Boris and João also marks Savannah's progress from a resource developer into a project delivery company, moving rapidly towards construction and operation.
It comes after a very successful resource upgrade was announced in September and, in parallel, the Company progressing its DFS, Front-end Engineering Design and Project Financing steps. Savannah expects to make further senior hires to its technical team at the appropriate time, in the run-up to the Project's Final Investment Decision and construction next year.
