Bluejay Mining plc ORD 0.01p (LON:JAY), the AIM and FSE listed company with projects in Greenland and Finland, has today announced the appointment of Mr. Michael Hutchinson (‘Mike’) as non-executive Chairman with immediate effect. He brings a deep understanding of commodities and metal trading in general, at a time of significant growth and development for the Company.
Mr. Hutchinson began his career at Metallgesellschaft Ltd where he worked for 25 years, ultimately becoming the Managing Director in 1985. Metallgesellschaft Ltd was a metal trading subsidiary of one of Germany’s largest industrial conglomerates. In addition to this, Mike was Director of the London Metals Exchange (LME) between 1986-2008, which is the world’s largest market for industrial metals trading. Since then he has held a number of notable board and management roles, which includes being Chairman of Metalloyd Ltd, a major supplier of steel and raw materials to traders, distributors and end-users, and Chairman of Greenland Minerals & Energy Ltd, which successfully overturned the long-standing Danish and Greenlandic ban on uranium exploitation. He was also Chairman of Wogen Ltd a speciality metals trading house. Currently, he is Chairman of SL & PF Solar Limited, a Director of Pierces Solar Limited, and Non-Executive Director of Greenland Gas & Oil Limited.
Bluejay Mining Plc ORD 0.01p CEO Roderick McIllree said, “I am delighted to welcome Mike to the Bluejay board. With a distinguished career spanning almost 50 years in the metals industry, Mike brings a wealth of specialised operational experience, particularly in Greenland, and an esteemed network of contacts, which will be extremely useful as we look to move through the offtake and sales process. Accordingly, this is a pivotal time for the Company, and with our 2017 work programme continuing to progress at a rapid pace, I look forward to working with Mike as we look to establish Bluejay as a revenue generative mining company.”
