Rick Smith appointed as new Director-General of Camalco Cameroon SA

Camalco, the subsidiary company of Canyon Resources with headquarters in Perth Western Australia, has appointed Rick Smith as Director-General of Camalco.

Since March 2020, Smith has been working with Canyon Resources as Chief Development Officer and has agreed to accept the role of DG at Camalco and base himself in Cameroon for the crucial periods of the end of the feasibility studies and the commencement of construction of the Project.

Rick Smith an Ex-Senior Executive, within Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC), who successfully commissioned the $1.4 billion CAPEX, GAC Project. The bauxite mine is located in Tinguilinta, Guinea and is West Africa’s newest bauxite mine that will export 12 million tonnes per annum through its Kamsar bauxite port facilities which were commissioned in Q3 2019.

With more than 35 years of experience, Smith’s career has been spread over working on multiple international locations relating to new markets, business development, exploration, feasibility studies and construction in bauxite and alumina projects.

Mr Smith initiated with the GAC Project in 2013 as General Manager of Operations and Projects when the project was at a similar stage of development as Canyon’s Minim Martap Project in Cameroon. He oversaw the development of the project from its early stages, through to commissioning, including leading negotiations for rail and other infrastructure agreements with the Guinea Government. He remained a senior executive during the construction and commissioning of the project.