Dr Smith has more than 30 years of experience in technical, operational and senior management roles with the Rio Tinto organization. His roles included: president of Rio Tinto Atlantic covering the Simondou Project in Guinea, West Africa; managing director of Rio Tinto’s Pilbara iron ore operations in Western Australia: and CEO of Rossing Uranium in Namibia.
He is also a non-executive director of Western Australian iron ore producer Atlas Iron and Australian mine and construction contracting group Macmahon Holdings.
Dr Smith said: “Bannerman remains firmly focused on its key objective to develop a world-class uranium mine in Namibia. I look forward to working with the very experienced Bannerman board and the excellent team employed by the company to deliver this objective and to work closely with all stakeholders.”
