Hillgrove Resources Limited announced the appointment of Dr. Roger John Higgins as a non-executive director of the company. Dr. Higgins has over 50 years of experience and deep working experience leading mining companies and operations, which includes being a former Managing Director of Ok Tedi Mining Limited in Papua New Guinea and Senior Vice President, Copper at Canadian metals and mining company, Teck Resources Limited. Prior to this, he was Vice President and Chief Operating Officer with BHP Billiton Base Metals Customer Sector Group working in Australia and also held senior positions with BHP Billiton in Chile.

He holds the position of Adjunct Professor with the Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland. In addition to this, Dr. Higgins has significant governance expertise, which includes being a current Non-Executive Director of Worley Limited and Newcrest Mining Limited. He was also recently the Chairman of Demetallica Limited, prior to its takeover by AIC Mines Limited.