Phoenix Copper Limited announced that appointment of Mr. James Fox to the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Fox has been the Chief Executive Officer of the company since May 2012, and will continue as the Managing Director & CEO. Mr. Fox has extensive experience in a variety of technical and operational roles in the mining industry across a number of commodities.

He was previously responsible for development and operation of Nickel Laterite Heap Leaching at Murrin Murrin Operations and Process Manager at Nifty Copper Operations both in Western Australia.