Duluth Metals announced new management and technical team appointments for the Twin Metals Minnesota (TMM) joint venture. It includes two new members from Antofagasta, ANDRONICO LUKSIC and ALEJANDRO RIVERA, and three existing members from Duluth, KELLY J. OSBORNE (SME), CHRISTOPHER DUNDAS and JAMES JACKSON, BILL HAYES, RAMON JARA and GARY LOVING (SME) have resigned as directors. Dundas has been appointed as chairman of TMM. JUAN ANDRES MOREL, CEO of TMM, also resigned. Osborne, current president and CEO of Duluth Metals, will assume the role of CEO of TMM. The new Technical Committee appointees include VERN BAKER, previously president of Duluth Metals, ANDREW HARA and PHILLIP LARSON (SME) from Duluth Metals, as well as MURRAY CANFIELD and FRANCISCO WALTHER from Antofagasta. Baker has been appointed chairman of the Technical Committee.
