VANCOUVER, June 3, 2019 /CNW/ - Turquoise Hill Resources
Ltd. ("Turquoise Hill") today announced the appointment of
Jo-Anne Dudley as Chief Operating
Officer, effective June 3rd, 2019
Ms. Dudley has 25 years of experience in the mining industry.
For the past nine years she has been a key member of the Oyu Tolgoi
technical team that manages the development of the world-scale Oyu
Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia in consultation with Turquoise Hill.
Most recently she led Oyu Tolgoi's 30-person Strategic Mine and
Resources Planning unit.
"Jo-Anne's extensive experience in underground mine development,
at Oyu Tolgoi and elsewhere, will be of great value to Turquoise
Hill and its shareholders," said Ulf Quellmann, Chief Executive
Officer. "She will be an excellent addition to our executive team
as Oyu Tolgoi grows into one of the world's largest copper
mines."
Prior to commencing her work on Oyu Tolgoi, Ms. Dudley spent
five years working with Rio Tinto's technical group on mines in
South Africa and the USA. Before that she worked in underground
mines across Australia as an
Underground contractor and spent nearly ten years in Operations and
Studies roles at the Northparkes copper and gold mine in central
New South Wales, Australia. During
her time at Northparkes, it developed from an open pit operation to
an underground mine using block caving, similar to the development
path at Oyu Tolgoi.
Ms. Dudley graduated from the University of
New South Wales as a mining engineer in 1994. She holds a
New South Wales Below Ground Mine Manager's Certificate of
Competency, and a Graduate Certificate in Technology
Management. A Chartered Professional engineer, Ms. Dudley was
awarded Fellow membership in 2016 from the Australasian Institute
of Mining and Metallurgy, was selected as the 2018 Exceptional
Woman in Queensland Resources, and was also honoured to be named as
one of the WIM 2018 Global 100 Inspirational Women in Mining.
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About Turquoise Hill
Turquoise Hill (TRQ: TSX, NYSE, NASDAQ) is an international
mining company focused on the operation and further development of
the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in southern Mongolia, which is the Company's principal and
only material mineral resource property. Turquoise Hill's ownership
of the Oyu Tolgoi mine is held through a 66% interest in Oyu Tolgoi
LLC; the remaining 34% interest is held by Erdenes Oyu Tolgoi LLC,
a Mongolian state-owned entity. Turquoise Hill is 50.8% owned
by Rio Tinto plc, one of the world's largest metals and mining
corporations.
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