Stans Energy Appoints David Newton as Vice President of Mining Operations
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Stans Energy has appointed David Newton as its new vice president of mining operations.
Mr. David Newton MSc. is a graduate of the Camborne School of Metaliferrous Mining as well as a graduate Witwatersrand University. During his forty year career in various mine management functions, Mr. Newton has held increasingly senior positions with such firms as Anglo American Corporation and Newmont Gold. Throughout the course of his distinguished 40 year career, Mr. Newton has overseen both open-pit and underground mining operations most recently having worked in jurisdictions as diverse as: Democratic Republic of Congo, Armenia, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Ghana, United Kingdom, and South Africa.
“Mr. Newton’s expertise in mine construction and development, coupled with his extensive experience in the Former Soviet Republics will support Stans’ transition from the development stage to production at Kutessay II. Mr. Newton’s track record of reducing operating costs; and bringing projects on-stream, under budget and on-schedule is an invaluable asset. We are extremely pleased that Mr. Newton is joining our team in this capacity and look forward to his positive impact on our production plans,” said Robert Mackay, Stans Energy president and CEO.
About Stans Energy
Stans Energy is a resource development company focused on progressing Heavy Rare Earth properties in areas of the Former Soviet Union. In December 2009, Stans acquired a twenty year mining license for the past-producing Kutessay II rare earth mine from the Kyrgyz Republic. On May 26, 2011 Stans completed the purchase of the Kashka Rare Earth Processing Plant (KRP) the same plant that previously refined REEs historically from Kutessay II. The KRP was the only hard rock plant to produce all rare earth elements outside of China, producing 120 different metals, alloys, and oxides. For over thirty years, Kutessay II produced 80 percent of the rare earth metals for the former Soviet Union.
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