Atlantic Coal Appoints Barney Corrigan Project Development Officer
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Atlantic Coal has appointed Barney Corrigan to its management team as project development officer, with immediate effect. Mr. Corrigan, who is experienced in the minerals and waste planning industry, will assist in the identification, evaluation, acquisition and development of coal sites both in the USA and potentially the UK, to increase the company’s project portfolio, resource base and production profile.
Mr. Corrigan has more than 30 years of experience in the resource industry, specializing in all aspects of mineral and waste planning. Most recently he was head of BHP Develop, the planning and design division of Blackett Hart & Pratt LLP, prior to which he was a planning manager with Dickinson Dees Law Firm and planning and development manager for Andrew Golightly Limited. In the latter role, he was responsible for planning feasibility studies for surface mine sites, the preparation and submission of planning applications and environmental assessments and project management of the whole planning application process.
As a consultant, he has helped in similar areas for a number of operators in the mining sector including the banks group, coal contractors, Hall Construction Services Ltd, Hutchinson Mining, Carmarthen Mining, Ward Brothers Mining, Draeth Developments, Euromining, Thompsons of Prudhoe and Owen Pugh.
“This is good news for us as we look to develop the company into a significant coal producer,” said Atlantic managing director Steve Best. “Barney is a well-known figure in the mineral planning industry and his experience of evaluating projects will be beneficial to Atlantic as we focus on identifying value accretive coal assets.
“The Anthracitic Coal Belt in Pennsylvania remains a priority for us and we continue to assess a number of opportunities, which we believe have the potential to complement our producing coal mine at Stockton. Barney will provide valuable input into this process and with him we intend to rapidly advance a number of opportunities.”
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