Akobo Minerals AB (publ) announced that Helge Rushfeldt will join Akobo Minerals' executive management group from 1st of July 2023 as head of mining operations. With more than 20-year experience from the Norwegian mining industry, Rushfeldt brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the Akobo team as it transitions from development to production. Rushfeldt has been a consultant to the Norwegian mining and minerals industry for the last 10
years. He has also worked at many of Norway's major mines and mineral processing facilities including Titania AS, Norwegian Talc AS and Hustadmarmor AS. His scope of activity has ranged from production management to exploration projects via financing towards production. Rushfeldt was vice president, then president, of the Norwegian Mining Association between 2012 and- 2015. He is the co-author of a Norwegian book on health, safety and environment in the mining industry, published in 2020. He holds a Master of Science in Mineral Processing from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. Rushfeldt has been a board member at Akobo Minerals since late 2021. He recently spent two weeks on-site in Ethiopia learning more about the project and building relationships with the operations team. Now that Rushfeldt is a member of the management team, he will step down as member of the board once a qualified replacement is found.