RE: Here's a thought.21 May 2026 11:33
Bushranger absolutely included, the assets, in the round, here seem compelling.... and that remains the basis of plenty of future 'ope.
(Even including Mr Bird being widely known for 'over ambition' in offered delivery timeframes)
In fairness to the man, on paper too, Mr Bird looks looks the business
(He may even, literally, have started down Yorkshire coal pit with pit pony in his young days, even?!)
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Mr Bird is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and a UK Chartered Engineer. He also holds a UK and South African Mine Managers Certificate for coal mines. The formative part of his career was spent in the UK coal mining industry and thereafter he moved to the Zambian copper belt and then to South Africa to work in a management position with Anglo Coal and BP Coal. On his return to the UK he was Technical and Operations Director of Costain Mining Ltd, which involved responsibility for Costain’s interest in the UK, Latin-America and Spain. Mr Bird has had senior technical and operational experience in a number of commodities to include coal, nickel, gold, copper and industrial minerals.
Following his extensive operational and technical career, he became involved in corporate finance and has been the prime mover in a number of public listings, mainly on the UK’s AIM market.
Mr Bird's most notable achievement was founding Kiwara Resources Plc and selling its prime asset, a copper property in Northern Zambia, to First Quantum Minerals for US$260 million in November 2009.
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This time next year. You know it makes sense. 'Eres 'oping Ben 'owell