BRISBANE (Yosefardi) – Mining engineer Roger Pooley has joined the Board of Western Mining Network Ltd as a non-executive Director, replacing the resigned Kent Hunter.

Mr Pooley has over forty years’ experience in the mining industry. He has worked in Australia, Ghana, UK, Iran and Indonesia. Mr Pooley has worked on open pit, underground, and alluvial properties in gold, coal, base metals and non- metallics.

Previous to joining the Board of WMN, Mr Pooley worked at SRK Consulting (Australasia) Pty Ltd as a Senior Consultant based in the Perth and Jakarta offices from 2007 to June of 2013. Previous to working at SRK, Mr Pooley worked in Jakarta from 1994 to 2007 at PT Simapertama Minindo as an Independent Consultant.

Mr Pooley holds a BSc (Mining Engineering) – Royal School of Mines in London, is a member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, a Chartered Professional Engineer, and a member of MICA. He holds a WA Quarry Manager’s Certificate of Competency. Mr Pooley is bilingual, speaking English and Bahasa Indonesia.

By Hatman Bintang