Date: January 2011
Hanlong Mining is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Peter Mansell as Chairman and Head of Iron Ore Business. Mr Mansell will lead Hanlong Mining’s international expansion strategy and acquisitions.
Mr Mansell is a prominent corporate director with a wealth of experience spanning metals and mining, utilities, media and real estate. He is currently the Chairman of Ampella Mining Ltd, a Director of Bunnings Warehouse Property Trust and international mining company Nyrstar NV. Mr Mansell’s prior directorships include Chairman of West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ptd, Zinifex Ltd and Western Power; director of OZ Minerals, Tethyan Copper Company and several Australian subsidiaries of AngloGold Limited.
Mr Liu Han, Chairman of Hanlong Group, welcomed Mr Mansell’s appointment, saying: “We are extremely pleased to be able to attract Mr Mansell to join Hanlong Mining. Mr Mansell’s industry experience and his impeccable track record will be invaluable to Hanlong. Hanlong is a relatively new company in the international mining industry. While Hanlong has made a strong start through our investments in Moly Mines, General Moly and Marenica Energy, our longer term aspiration is to become a large international mining house with key assets in iron ore, uranium and molybdenum. Under Mr Mansell’s leadership, I believe Hanlong Mining will succeed in achieving our strategic objectives.”
Commenting on his appointment, Mr Mansell said: “This appointment is one of the most exciting that I have ever had. The opportunity to join a fantastic team of people in a company with such promising prospects, and at such a very early stage, is very rare. I look forward to leading these new, large and ambitious initiatives enormously.”
Mr Peter Mansell practised as a commercial lawyer for more than 35 years until he retired as a partner in Freehills in 2004. As a solicitor he advised extensively on a number of wide-ranging corporate transactions. He was President of the Council of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Western Australian Division, and also sat on the national board of the Australian Institute of Company Directors Ltd in 2002 and 2003.